Ernie Parkinson
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Belmont Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernie Parkinson is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
Parkinson represented the Northern Irish team[2] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[3] where he competed in the fours event, with Billie Montgomery, Willie Watson and Roy McCune and won a bronze medal.[4][5]
Four years later he represented Northern Ireland in the pairs at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[6][7]
He plays for the Belmont Bowling Club which he joined from the Ormeau Bowls Club.[8]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "The Team". Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Irish bowlers will put in strong challenge". Aberdeen Evening Express. 3 July 1996. p. 44. Retrieved 8 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "History". Northern Ireland Bowling Association.