Richard Leonard

Richard Leonard is an Irish international lawn bowler who has also been a British champion. He won the Irish National Bowls Championships singles title in 2010 while bowling for St James Gate Bowling Club, and in 2011 he won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships. His other national honours include the Irish pairs title in 2004, a singles runner-up finish in 2019, triples titles in 2009 and 2010 and the fours title in 2013. In 2024 he won his sixth national title in the fours with his club Crumlin, and in 2025 he completed a double, taking the singles and retaining the fours with Robbie Maher, Eamon Carruth and Shane Leonard, which brought his total to eight national titles.