John Higgins (bowls)
John Stewart Higgins (1940–2012) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
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| Nickname(s) | Higgy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Northern Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1940 Belfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 May 2012 (aged 71) Belfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Green keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer | Cave Hill BC / Salisbury BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | N. I. B. A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | York Road Civil Defence BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
He started bowling aged 15[2] and won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[3] He also won a bronze medal in fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]
He won the 1969 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[5][6]
Higgins plied his trade with YRCD bowling club through all of his career. Since his death the CD Hall as it is known has been renovated and also incorporates the HUBB Community Resource Centre, where a mural proudly stands of John playing bowls for his club.
References
- "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
- Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls". GBR Athletics.
- "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
- Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
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