Martin McHugh (bowls)

Hugh Martin McHugh (born 1973) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1]

Martin McHugh
Personal information
Nationality Northern Irish
Born (1973-05-14) 14 May 1973
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubWhitehead BC
Medal record
Representing Ireland combined
World Outdoor Championships
2000 Johannesburg triples
2016 Christchurch fours
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpurfours

Bowls career

World Championships

McHugh has competed in four World Bowls Championships in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2016. He won a triples bronze medal in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and in 2016, was part of the combined Irish fours team with Simon Martin, Neil Mulholland and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal in Christchurch.[2] In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[3]

Commonwealth Games

McHugh has also competed in six Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. He won a fours gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

McHugh was selected for his sixth Games as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[4]

National

He has been capped 83 times by Ireland [1] and is the winner of fourteen Irish National Bowls Championships.[5] He has won six singles and he went undefeated for four years winning in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, the other two wins came in 2013 and 2015.[6] He has won five pairs with Barry Browne, two triples and one fours title.

He also has four British Isles Bowls Championships, three singles (2004, 2005 & 2016) and one pairs (1999) with Barry Browne (2007) [7] and also has a record of 30 NIBA championships.

References
  1. "Martin McHugh profile" (PDF). World Bowls.
  2. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
  4. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
  5. "BOWLS: McHugh claims seventh NIBA Singles title". Carrick Fergus Times.
  6. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  7. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
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