John McCloughlin

John McCloughlin is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler born on 9 March 1958 in Lisburn, who started bowling at the age of eleven and has represented Ireland both indoors and outdoors. He played for the Northern Irish team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, where he, Frank Campbell, Willie Watson and Sammy Allen won a bronze medal in the fours. His greatest moment came when he won the gold medal in the fours at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He then won a silver medal with Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, and added another bronze in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. His record of medals at both the world and Commonwealth level makes him one of the most successful Northern Irish bowlers of his era.