Jim Baker (bowls)

Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Jim Baker

Personal information
Nationality	Northern Ireland
Born	18 February 1958 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sport
Club	Cliftonville
Medal record Representing Ireland World Outdoor Championships 1984 Aberdeen triples 1988 Auckland fours 2004 Ayr fours 2004 Ayr pairs Representing  Northern Ireland World Indoor Championships 1984 Coatbridge singles Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland fours 2002 Manchester fours

Bowls career

Baker was born in Belfast on 18 February 1958. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 World Indoor Bowls Championship he went one better in 1984 clinching the World Indoor title.[2]

Baker was part of the Gold Medal winning triples for the combined Irish team in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and Gold Medal winning fours in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In the 2004 World Championships he won a third gold medal for the combined Irish team, in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Neil Booth and a silver medal with Noel Graham in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4]

In addition Baker has won two Commonwealth Games medals.[5]

At national level he also won the 1989 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[6]

References

1. "profile". Bowls Tawa.
2. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls the Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
3. "Ulster Sports Museum". Ulster Sports Museum.
4. ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
5. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
6. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.