Neil Booth
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) |
| Born | 19 February 1968 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls |
| Club | Old Bleach BC |
Medal record | |
Neil Booth MBE (born 19 February 1968) is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler and bowls team coach and manager.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Booth has won three World Championship medals starting with the gold medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Jim Baker.[2] This was followed by two bronze medals in 2012.[3]
In addition Booth has won four Commonwealth Games medals. He won the gold medal in the fours at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur with Gary McCloy, Ian McClure and Martin McHugh.[4] He won a bronze in 2002,[5] a silver medal in 2006 and another silver in 2014.[6]
Booth retired from international competition in 2014.[7]
Coaching
[edit]Booth was selected as a coach for the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[8] He was team manager for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[9]
Honours
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times.
- ↑ "profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games call up for Ballyclare teacher". Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Glasgow 2014 official site. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016.
- ↑ "Irish international duo Noel Graham and Neil Booth finally call it a day". News Letter.
- ↑ "In full: Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games squad is announced for Gold Coast 2018". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Belfast Telegraph.
- ↑ "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
- ↑ www.gov.uk
External links
[edit]- Neil Booth at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Neil Booth at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Neil Booth at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
- Members of the Order of the British Empire