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Jimmy Dennison

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James "Jimmy" Dennison is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who played at the Commonwealth Games. A member of the Banbridge Bowls Club, he made his international debut in 1959 and went on to win 60 caps, earning his 50th in 1976. In 1967 he was part of the four that won the Irish National Bowls Championships, which qualified the side to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, where they won the triples title. He represented Ireland at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, bowling in the triples and the fours. Two years later he represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he competed in the fours alongside Gerry Sloan, Jim Craig and Jimmy Donnelly.

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is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland
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    In 1967 he was part of the four that won the Irish National Bowls Championships and subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, where they won the triples title.
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    is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland
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    is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Biography, Commonwealth Games
    Dennison represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he competed in the fours event
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Biography, World Outdoor Bowls Championship
    He represented Ireland at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the triples and fours.
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