Noel Graham (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 November 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lisnagarvey BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Noel Henry Graham (born 2 November 1968) is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Northern Ireland.[1]
Biography
Graham (born 1968) won a bronze medal in the fours at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria[2][3] and repeated the feat eight years later at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4][5]
In the World Championships he won gold medal in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Neil Booth and Jim Baker[6] and a silver medal with Jim Baker in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[7]
In 1995, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning three pairs titles in 1999, 2000 and 2005.[8][9] He won the 1995 Irish National Bowls Championships singles [10] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1996.[11]
Graham retired from international competition in 2014.[12]
References
- ^ "profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Who's going to the Games?". Ireland's Saturday Night. 4 June 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The best ever, says McColgan". Belfast News-Letter. 14 June 1994. p. 39. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Noel Graham profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games call up for Ballyclare teacher". Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times.
- ^ "Irish pair lose final". BBC Sport. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Irish international duo Noel Graham and Neil Booth finally call it a day". News Letter.