Paul Daly (bowls)

Paul Daly
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1972-03-28) 28 March 1972 (age 52)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sport
ClubBelmont Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing Ireland combined
Men's lawn bowls
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Adelaide Men's triples
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Adelaide Men's fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 triples
Gold medal – first place 2012 singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 fours
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Men's triples
Irish Nationals
Gold medal – first place 1993 fours
Gold medal – first place 1996 triples
Gold medal – first place 2005 triples
Gold medal – first place 2011 singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 triples
Gold medal – first place 2022 fours
Gold medal – first place 2023 pairs
Gold medal – first place 2023 triples

Paul Daly (born 28 March 1972) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

International

Daly won a silver medal in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1] He also won a bronze medal in the triples and fours at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[2]

National Championships

Daly is an eight times Irish National Bowls Championships winner, including winning the singles title in 2011, bowling for Ulster Transport Bowls Club.[3]

His first title came in 1993 in the fours for Belmont BC and followed this up in 1996 when winning the triples in 1996, again for Belmont. Nine years later in 2005, he won the triples bowling for Ulster Transport BC. In 2011, he won the triples in addition to the singles.[4] He later switched clubs moving back to the Belmont club.

In 2022, he won his sixth national title when winning the fours at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[5] The following year in 2023, he won the fours title, with Ryan Cavan, Nigel Beggs & Simon Martin at the British Isles Bowls Championships, held in Ayr.[6]

On 2 September 2023, Daly won two more national titles; the pairs (with Simon Martin) and the triples (with Martin and Mark McPeak).

References

  1. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Glasgow 2014 official site.
  2. ^ "James Talbot". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  4. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  5. ^ "2022 IBA Championships". Irish Bowls Association. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  6. ^ "ENGLAND WINNERS TRIUMPH AT BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England. Retrieved 1 July 2023.