Jackie Smyth

Jackie Smyth, born around 1967, is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games. He started bowling at the age of 13 and belonged to the Magherafelt Bowls Club, becoming its president in 1994 while working as a sales manager. He won three Irish under 25 titles, in 1986, 1987 and 1991, and the British under 25 singles in 1992. He was the triples champion of Ireland at the 1992 Irish National Bowls Championships and then won the triples at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1993 with Eric Sands and his father Willie Smyth. He represented Northern Ireland in the singles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. In later years he bowled for the Portrush Bowling Club and, as of 2025, had won his third Irish Senior Cup.