Billy Pimley

William Pimley (1919 to 2023), known as Billy, was an international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games and lived to the age of 103. He was educated at St Malachy's College in Belfast, was a member of the Falls Bowls Club in the city and made his international debut in 1971. He was three times a runner-up in the Irish National Bowls Championships, in the singles behind David Marchant of Leinster in 1972 and in the pairs in 1968 and 1969. He represented Northern Ireland in the pairs event, partnered with Billy Tate, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. In November 2019 he visited his old school shortly before celebrating his hundredth birthday.