Gary Kelly (bowls)

Gary Kelly (born 10 May 1989) is a Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler.[1]

Gary Kelly

Personal information
Nationality	Northern Ireland
Born	10 May 1989 Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Ballybrakes Community (indoors) Ballymoney BC (outdoors)
Medal record Representing  Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi singles Representing Combined Ireland World Bowls Championship 2016 Christchurch pairs World Cup Singles 2019 Warilla singles

Bowls career

Outdoors

He won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2]

He won a silver medal for a combined Irish team with bowls pairs partner Ian McClure in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In 2018 he was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[4] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[5]

In addition to his international successes he also won the 2007 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[6]

Indoors

His first major success indoors came in 2019 after he defeated Brendan Aquilina in the final of the World Cup Singles.[7]

He was part of the winning trio that won the inaugural Ultimate Bowls Championship in April 2019 winning $60,000 AUD in prize money.

References

1. "Gary Kelly". Henselite bowls.
2. "Commonwealth Games: Bowler Gary Kelly claims bronze after late heartache". Belfast Telegraph.
3. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
4. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
5. "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
6. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
7. "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.