Following our very successful taster sessions, we will hold 2 ‘Assessment days/ evenings’ in December 2023. Details are provided below. Our new bowls strategy – “A sport for EVERYONE” has identified the need to build a more positive and inclusive sports culture by providing more sporting opportunities for people with disabilities. Having athletes represent our […]
HONG KONG CLASSIC PAIRS UPDATE SEMI-FINAL AGONY FOR McKEOWN & WILSON Irish pair Adam McKeown and Mark Wilson suffered a tiebreak defeat in the Semi-Final of this year’s Hong Kong Classic Pairs against New Zealand. They won the first set 13-6 but lost the second 11-5. In the 3-end tiebreak, the match went to the […]
HONG KONG CLASSIC PAIRS – DAY 4 The Irish pair of Adam McKeown and Mark Wilson entered the penultimate day of sectional games with realistic chances of moving into the top 3 qualifying positions. They played all three games at CdeR – they started the day in 3rd position, but after a top drawer performance, […]
HONG KONG CLASSIC PAIRS – DAY 3 The third day of competition saw both Irish pairs move up their respective tables and put themselves into position to challenge for the knock-out stages with 4 qualifying games remaining. The Ladies recorded one win and one loss from their two games. v Norfolk Island 12-3, 16-6 (2 […]
MARK WILSON WINS HONG KONG CLASSIC SINGLES CROWN Mark Wilson turned in a 5-star performance to become only the 3rd Irishman to win the Hong Kong Classic singles title with a comprehensive straight sets win 10-7, 11-8 against Izzat Shameer of Malaysia. Team Ireland Megan Devlin, Lara Reaney, Adam Mckeown and Mark Wilson commence their […]
Our new bowls strategy – “a sport for EVERYONE” has identified the need to build a more positive and inclusive sports culture by providing more sporting opportunities for people with disabilities. Having athletes represent our country at prestigious International events is one of our targets. Following these taster sessions, we will hold 2 ‘Assessment days/ evenings’ in December […]
HONG KONG CLASSIC SINGLES DAY 1 It was a day of mixed results for the Irish players in the Singles events of this year’s Hong Kong Classic. Only Mark Wilson remains in the competition and will play in the Quarter-finals at Kowloon Bowling Club tomorrow morning at 9 am. The testing Greens proved too much […]
Ireland produced its best-ever performance at the recent World Championships. This was also more remarkable, considering that the championships were held in Australia. Of the 41 countries participating, Ireland finished just behind hosts Australia. Please see the final table below: Loading… Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab
FINALS DAY – GOLD FOR IRELAND IN MEN’S PAIRS Adam McKeown & Gary Kelly produced a 5-star performance to add gold to the bronze won by the Men’s triple yesterday. Playing against home favourites Aaron Teys and Aaron Wilson in true Australian conditions, with Greens running at almost 20 seconds for the second day running, […]
MEDAL GLORY FOR IRISH MEN’S TEAM The fourth day of action saw the Irish Men’s Pairs and triples firstly up in quarter-final action against New Zealand and Malaysia, respectively. First up was the triple of Stuart Bennett, Ian McClure and Marty McHugh, who turned in a top-class performance to win 14-12 against a very talented […]