Ian McClure (bowls)

Ian McClure is an indoor and lawn bowler born on 23 August 1973.

Ian McClure
Personal information
Nationality Northern Ireland
Born (1973-08-23) 23 August 1973
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Sport
ClubPortrush BC
Medal record
Representing Ireland combined
World Outdoor Championships
2000 Johannesburg fours
2012 Adelaide fours
2016 Christchurch pairs
2016 Christchurch fours
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpurfours
1994 Victoriafours
World Indoor Championships
2004 Yarmouth pairs

Profile

Ian McClure is from Coleraine and began playing bowls in 1988 after being introduced to the sport by his father and the ex-international Willie Murray.[1]

Career

Commonwealth Games

McClure was part of the fours team that secured the Gold medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the other members were Gary McCloy, Martin McHugh and Neil Booth. Other achievements include a fours bronze in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, a triples bronze in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and a fours bronze in the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. McClure was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[2]

World Championships

He won a silver medal for the combined Irish team with bowls pairs partner Gary Kelly in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and a fours bronze medal with Martin McHugh, Simon Martin and Neil Mulholland.[3] In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[4]

National

McClure is a two time winner of the Irish National Bowls Championships singles (2008 & 2012) [5] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2013.[6] [7] In addition he has also won two pairs titles and one triples crown at the Irish National Championships.

References
  1. "Glasgow 2014 - Ian McClure Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
  3. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
  5. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  6. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  7. "Bowls star Ian McClure wins singles title". Coleraine Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
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