Jonny Ross

Jonathan Stewart Ross is a Northern Irish bowler who was born in Lisburn.[1] He now represents Scotland after moving there.[2]

Jonathan Ross
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1973-12-28) 28 December 1973
Sport
Club(indoor) West of Scotland
(outdoor) Priorscroft
Medal record
Representing Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Men's fours
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Men's triples

Bowls career

He was part of the winning Irish Fours team in the 2004 World Bowls Championships held in Ayr, Scotland with Jim Baker, Neil Booth and Noel Graham.[3]

He also won the British Isles Singles titles in 2001 and 2002[4] and was the first Irish player to win the Scottish outdoors singles title.[5]

Jonathan partnered Noel Graham to win the prestigious Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title on a record equalling three occasions.[6]

In 2006, he represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

He won the 2010 singles title at the Scottish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Priorscroft Bowls Club.[7]

References

  1. "Jonathan Ross". Taylor Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016.
  2. "Jonathan Ross". World Bowls Tour.
  3. ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. World Bowls Tour players - Jonathan Ross
  5. Bowls: Luck of the draw runs out for Jonathan Ross
  6. "HongKong Classic Pairs Winners". HKLBA.
  7. "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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