John McCloughlin
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1958 Lisburn, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Lisnagarvey BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John McCloughlin is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler born on 9 March 1958.[1]
Biography
McLoughlin was born in Lisburn and bowled from the age of eleven. He has represented Ireland both indoors and outdoors.
He represented the Northern Irish team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia,[2] where he competed in the fours event.[3] The team of McLoughlin, Frank Campbell, Willie Watson and Sammy Allen[4] won a bronze medal.[5]
His greatest moment came when winning the gold medal in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship fours.[6]
He won a silver with Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand[7] and another bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games fours.
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Ursula Jumps For Joy". Belfast Telegraph. 6 July 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists Bowls". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "A happy golden return for Wood". South Wales Daily Post. 2 February 1990. Retrieved 16 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.