Gary Kelly (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1989 Route Hospital Ballymoney, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ballybrakes Community (indoors) Ballymoney BC / Warilla (outdoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gary Kelly (born 10 May 1989) is an Australian based Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Outdoors
He won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2] In 2011 he won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[3] and in 2015 he won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4]
He won a silver medal for a combined Irish team with bowls pairs partner Ian McClure in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5]
In 2018 he was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[6] and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[7]
In addition to his international successes he also won the 2007 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[8]
Kelly moved to Australia after the 2018 Commonwealth Games and won the delayed 2020 Australian triples title with Corey Wedlock and Brendan Aquilina at the Australian National Bowls Championships.[9] In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] Later in 2022, he won his first title at the Australian Open.[11]
Indoors
His first major success indoors came in 2019 after he defeated Brendan Aquilina in the final of the World Cup Singles.[12]
He was part of the winning trio that won the inaugural Ultimate Bowls Championship in April 2019 winning $60,000 AUD in prize money.
References
- ^ "Gary Kelly". Henselite bowls.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Bowler Gary Kelly claims bronze after late heartache". Belfast Telegraph. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
- ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
- ^ "NEW SOUTH WALES DOMINATE TRIPLES AT AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: DAY 13 WRAP". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.
External links
- Gary Kelly at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2010)
- Gary Kelly at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Gary Kelly at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games