Catherine Beattie (bowls)

Catherine Beattie (née Catherine McMillen, born 1981) is a Northern Irish international lawn & indoor bowler.[1]

Catherine Beattie
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Northern Irish)
Born (1981-07-11) 11 July 1981
Armagh, Northern Ireland
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubCounty Antrim (indoors)
Larne BC (outdoors)
Medal record
Representing combined Ireland
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Paphossingles
Gold medal – first place2015 Paphossingles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Jersey pairs
Silver medal – second place 2017 Jersey mixed four
Gold medal – first place 2017 Jersey team

Bowls career

Beattie represented a combined Ireland under her maiden name of Catherine McMillen and won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[2] She also represented Northern Ireland during the 2014 Commonwealth Games before she was married.[3] McMillen lost in the bronze medal play off in the singles at the 2014 Commonwealth Games to Colleen Piketh. In 2015 she won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4]

In 2017, she won three medals at the European Bowls Championships[5] and one year later was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[6]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[7]

References

  1. "Catherine McMillen profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "2015 Atlantic Championships – Day 14". World Bowls.com.
  4. "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. "2017 results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport.
  7. "World Bowls 2020 – Meet the Ireland Team". Irish Bowls Federation.
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