The Greechans

The Greechans are a family of bowls players from Jersey. Both Lindsey Greechan and Thomas Greechan, wife and husband, compete both indoor and outdoor, as does their daughter Chloe Greechan. Thomas, Lindsey and Helen (Thomas' mother) are all British champions while Thomas, Lindsey and Chloe have all won the IIBC Championships on at least one occasion each.[1] Lindsey, Thomas and Helen have also represented Jersey at the Commonwealth Games.[2]

Bowls Profiles

Lindsey Greechan

Thomas Greechan

Chloe Greechan

Chloe Greechan

Personal information
Born	2000 Jersey
Sport
Club	St Brelades BC & Jersey IBC
Medal record Representing  Jersey IIBC Championships 2015 Grainville Mixed Pairs 2016 Grainville Mixed Pairs

In 2015, Chloe Greechan became the youngest IIBC Champion at 14-years-old, winning the Mixed Pairs title with her father, Thomas.[3][4] Her parents had lost in the final of the same event in 2008 to another husband-and-wife team of Mervyn and Suzanne King in a tie-break set.[5][6] She retained the title a year later (with Malcolm De Sousa).

Helen Greechan

Helen Russell Greechan represented Jersey in the women's triples at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and has won the pairs title at the British Isles Women's Bowls Championships.[7]

Titles and finals

	Championship	Event	Year	Result	Ref
Lindsey Greechan	IIBC Championships (WIBC)	Ladies U25 Singles	2002	Won	[8]
			2004, 2006	Runner-up	[8][9][10]
		U25 Mixed Pairs	2004, 2005	Runner-up	[8][9][11]
		Ladies Singles	2014	Runner-up	[8][12][13]
	Atlantic Rim Games	Women's Fours	2007	Won	[14]
	British Isles Bowls Championships	Ladies Singles	2008	Won	[15][16][17]
			2013	Runner-up	[18][19][20]
		Ladies Triples	2011	Runner-up	[21]
			2013	Won	[18][19][20]
	British Isles Indoor Championships (BIWIBC)	Ladies U25 Singles	2003, 2004	Runner-up	[22][23][24][25]
		Ladies Pairs	2011	Runner-up	[26]
		Ladies Fours	2014	Runner-up	[27]
	Channel Islands Outdoor Championships	Ladies Singles	2007	Won	[28]
		Ladies Triples	2009, 2010, 2012, 2015	Won	[29]
		Open U35 Singles	2004	Won	[30][31]
		Mixed Pairs	2004, 2005	Won	[30][31][32]
		Open Pairs	2004	Won	[30][31]
		Open Fours	2004	Won	[30][31]
	Channel Islands Indoor Championships	Ladies U25 Singles	2004, 2006	Won	[33][34][35][36]
			2005	Runner-up	[37][38]
		Ladies Triples	2005	Won	[37][38]
			2004, 2006, 2007	Runner-up	[33][34][36][39]
		Ladies Fours	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007	Runner-up	[33][34][37][38][39][40]
		Ladies Pairs	2007	Runner-up	[39]
	Jersey Outdoor Championships (BJA)	Ladies Sets Singles	2005, 2006, 2008	Won	[41][42][43]
		Ladies Singles	2007, 2008, 2012, 2013	Won	[43][44]
		Ladies Pairs	2008	Won	[43][45]
		Ladies Triples	2009, 2010, 2012, 2015	Won	[46]
		Ladies Champion of Champions	2014	Won	[47]
	Jersey Indoor Championships (JIBA)	Ladies Singles	2005, 2008, 2013	Runner-up	[48][49][50][51]
		Ladies Triples	2005, 2006	Won	[52][53]
		Ladies Fours	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005	Won	[54]
Thomas Greechan	World Champion of Champions (WB)	Men's Singles	2011	Won	[55][56]
	Atlantic Rim Games	Men's Fours	2007	Runner-up	[14]
	British Isles Indoor Championships (BIIBC)	Men's Fours	2010, 2012	Won	[57][58][59]
	Channel Islands Outdoor Championships	Men's Singles	1999, 2007	Won	[60]
		Men's Pairs	2000, 2002	Won	[61]
		Men's U25 Singles	2000	Won	[62]
		Men's Fours	2002, 2004, 2010, 2014	Won	[63]
		Men's Triples	2005	Won	[64]
	Channel Islands Indoor Championships	Men's Pairs	2004	Runner-up	[33][34]
		Men's Triples	2006	Won	[40]
			2004	Runner-up	[33][34]
		Men's Fours	2004, 2006	Won	[33][34][40]
	Jersey Outdoor Championships (BJA)	U25 Men's Singles	1996, 1998, 2000, 2001	Won	[65]
		Men's Pairs	2000, 2002	Won	[66]
		Men's Weekend Singles	2000	Won	[67]
		Men's Fours	2002, 2004, 2010, 2014	Won	[68]
		Men's Triples	2005	Won	[69]
		Men's Sets Singles	2005, 2011	Won	[70]
		Men's Singles	2007, 2008, 2010	Won	[71]
Chloe Greechan	IIBC Championships (WIBC)	Mixed Pairs	2016	Won	[72]
	Channel Islands Outdoor Championships	Open Novices Singles	2015	Won	[73]
	Jersey Outdoor Championships (BJA)	Open Pairs	2013	Won	[74]
		U18 Open Pairs	2013, 2014	Won	[75]
		Novices Singles	2015	Won	[73][76]
		Mixed Pairs	2015	Runners-up	[76]
Lindsey & Thomas Greechan	IIBC Championships (WIBC)	Mixed Pairs	2008	Runners-up	[5][6][77]
	Channel Islands Outdoor Championships	Open Fours	2005	Runners-up	[32]
		Mixed Pairs	2012	Won	[78]
	Jersey Outdoor Championships (BJA)	Mixed Pairs	2012	Won	[79]
Lindsey & Chloe Greechan	Jersey Outdoor Championships (BJA)	Ladies Triples	2015	Won	[76]
Thomas & Chloe Greechan	IIBC Championships (WIBC)	Mixed Pairs	2015	Won	[80][81]

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