John Rusk

John Rusk, who lived from about 1865 until 28 January 1938, was a doctor in Belfast and a lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who played at the British Empire Games, the event now known as the Commonwealth Games. He studied at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland and at Queen's University Belfast, and he ran his own medical practice in the city. In bowls he joined Shaftesbury Bowling Club in 1899, belonged to Belfast Bowling Club from 1905 until 1917, and later played for Cavehill. He won the Irish fours championship with Belfast in 1909, 1912 and 1913, took the first national pairs title in 1923 with Bobbie Campbell, and won the national singles title in 1932. He served as president of the Irish Bowling Association in 1912 and played the singles for the Northern Irish team at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. The singles championship of the Irish National Bowls Championships was later named after him.