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Eileen Bell (bowls)

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Eileen Bell
Personal information
Born1936 (age 87–88)
Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland
Sport
ClubBelfast BC/Shaws Bridge BC
Medal record
Representing Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Toronto pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 singles
Gold medal – first place 1983 singles
Gold medal – first place 1986 singles
Gold medal – first place 1988 triples
Gold medal – first place 1985 fours
Gold medal – first place 1986 fours

Eileen Bell (born 1936)[1] is a former Irish lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

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Bell started bowling in the sixties in her home town of Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland. Bell won the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs Gold in Toronto when partnering Nan Allely. She bowled for the Belfast BC (outdoors) and Shaws Bridge (indoors).

Bell is the winner of nine Irish National Bowls Championships and has been three times British Isles Bowls Championships singles title holder (1974, 1983 & 1986), a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler Margaret Johnston. In addition she has also won a triples and fours title.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.