Ernie Parkinson

Ernie Parkinson is a former Irish international lawn bowler.[1]

Ernie Parkinson
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Sport
ClubBelmont Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh fours
Representing combined Ireland
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1990triples

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with Billie Montgomery, Willie Watson and Roy McCune.[2][3]

Four years later he represented Northern Ireland in the pairs at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5]

He plays for the Belmont Bowling Club which he joined from the Ormeau Bowls Club.[6]

References
  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  4. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "Irish bowlers will put in strong challenge". Aberdeen Evening Express. 3 July 1996. p. 44. Retrieved 8 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "History". Northern Ireland Bowling Association.


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