Gerry Sloan
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Northern Irish |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Bangor BC |
Gerard "Gerry" Sloan is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sloan was a member of the Bangor Bowls Club,[2] although he originally bowled for Ballynafeigh in Belfast, when he reached the singles semi finals of the 1960 Irish National Bowls Championships.[3][4][5]
He represented Ireland at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[6]
Sloan represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[7] where he competed in the fours event,[8] with Jim Craig, Jimmy Donnelly and Jimmy Dennison.[9]
He continued to represent Ireland up until 1980.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Northern Ireland Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ↑ "Gerry Sloan of Bangor need no introduction". Ireland's Saturday Night. 25 May 1974. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "cavehill bowler reaches final of national titles". Northern Whig. 13 August 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 139–141. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "World Bowls Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ↑ "Christchurch contenders". Belfast Telegraph. 6 October 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Magnificent Seven". Ireland's Saturday Night. 12 January 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "Bowls Shock - Stars Axed". Belfast Telegraph. 2 June 1980. p. 30. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.