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Gary McCloy

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Gary Samuel McCloy, born on 28 May 1969, is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. The English Wikipedia article read for this entry credits him with a bronze medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg, and with the gold medal in the fours for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, alongside Ian McClure, Martin McHugh and Neil Booth. He won the pairs silver at the 2007 Atlantic Bowls Championships, the Irish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1994 and 2019, a fifth national title in the triples in 2022, and the 2023 British Isles Bowls Championships triples title with Derek Smith and Ian McClure. He runs the Ballybrakes bowls shop with his wife, the international bowler Donna McNally.

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1969 1
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5+ 1
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Gary Samuel McCloy (born 28 May 1969) is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
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    Gary Samuel McCloy (born 28 May 1969) is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
  • Bowls career, fifth national title
    In 2022, he won his fifth national title when winning the triples at the Irish National Bowls Championships.
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Bowls career, World Outdoor Bowls Championship
    He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, 1998 Commonwealth Games
    He was also part of the fours team that secured the gold medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the other members were Ian McClure, Martin McHugh and Neil Booth.
  • Competed In: Atlantic Bowls Championships, Bowls career, Atlantic Bowls Championships
    In 2007 he won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.
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