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World Cup Singles
World Cup Singles The World Cup Singles was an event inaugurated in 2005 by the organisation known as World Bowls and was held until 2019. It was contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations. The competition was seen as the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the World Indoor Bowls Championships held annually in the United Kingdom and organised by the World Bowls Tour. The event was first held from 3-10 April 2005, at the Hong Kong Football Club indoor bowling green and Ap Lei Chau Sports Centre in Hong Kong but eventually took place every year at the Warilla Bowls Club in New South Wales, Australia. Although players from both hemispheres were able to compete, travelling restricted the entries and the majority of the leading indoor players from the Northern hemisphere did not take part. In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC), formerly the WIBC. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bowls
World Bowls is an international sport federation of Bowls. World Bowls is one of several bowls organisations that administer bowls around the world and is responsible for the sports premier event, the World Bowls Championship which historically was held every four years but from 2023 will take place every two years. The organisation was founded in 2001 in an attempt to unite some of the multiple bowls bodies running the sport. The founding was a merger of previous organisations; the World Bowls Board and the International Women's Bowling Board. In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC), formerly the WIBC. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships. In 2021, Australian Darryl Clout was elected World Bowls President following the resignation of John Bell (bowls), John Bell. Events held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Provinces Flag
The following is a list of Irish counties' coats of arms. In the majority of cases these are arms assigned to county councils created by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 or later legislation, either by the Chief Herald of Ireland in what is now the Republic of Ireland or by the College of Arms in Northern Ireland. All but two county councils in the Republic have a coat of arms. In Northern Ireland county councils were abolished in 1973, but the traditional arms are still occasionally used. The arms of the county town have sometimes been used as an unofficial symbol of a county instead of those of its county council, or when the council had no arms. There are no official county flags. Flags with the GAA county colours and flags, GAA county colours serve as de facto county flags. County flags flown at Dublin Castle incorporate the county council arms, while those sold by the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA county board include the county GAA crest. Coats of arms granted in rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litia Tikoisuva
Litia Botei Tikoisuva (born 2 May 1963) is a Fijian international female lawn bowler. Biography Tikoisuva won a pairs bronze medal with Radhika Prasad at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Victoria Park in Royal Leamington Spa, England. She has won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including the women's singles gold medal at the 2005 Championships in Melbourne. In 2019, she won a gold medal at the Pacific Games in the singles event and in 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Fiji at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Chu
Grace Chu is a Hong Kong international lawn bowler. Bowls career Chu was selected as part of the five woman team by Hong Kong for the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, which was held in Christchurch, New Zealand. She won a triples gold medal (with Camilla Leung and Elizabeth Li), at the 2005 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ..., held in Melbourne. She then followed this up with two bronze medals at the next two editions of the Championships. References Hong Kong female bowls players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Aquilina
Brendan Aquilina (born 23 September 1987) is a Maltese international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Outdoors He was born in Wollongong, Australia and started bowling at the Jamberoo Bowling Club in New South Wales. He represented Malta in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He was selected as part of the Maltese team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he reached the semi-finals of the Pairs with Shaun Parnis. In 2019 he won the pairs bronze medal with Mark Malogorski at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. In 2021, Aquilina won the 2020 triples title with Gary Kelly and Corey Wedlock at the delayed Australian National Bowls Championships The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are organised by Bowls Australia. Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during the 1910 Carnival of bowls that South Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Kelly (bowls)
Gary Kelly (born 10 May 1989) is an Australian based Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler. Bowls career Outdoors He won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2011 he won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2015 he won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. He won a silver medal for a combined Irish team with bowls pairs partner Ian McClure in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 2018 he was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. In addition to his international successes he also won the 2007 Irish National Bowls Championships singles. Kelly moved to Australia after the 2018 Commonwealth Games and won the delayed 2020 Australian triples title with Corey Wedlock and Brendan Aquilina at the Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ferguson (bowls)
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Soufi Rusli
Muhammad Soufi bin Rusli is an international Malaysian lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Rusli was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. He participated in the men's triples and the men's fours events. The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals. In the triples, his team reached the quarter final before losing to Ireland. Commonwealth Games Rusli represented Malaysia in the singles and triples at the 2018 Commonwealth Games; he reached the quarter-finals of the singles. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. World Cup Singles He won the silver medal at the 2017 World Cup Singles losing to Jeremy Henry in the final. Asia Pacific Rusli has won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships; the latest medals being a double bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Kyle
Andrew Kyle (born 1978) is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Kyle bowls for County Antrim Bowling Club indoors and Larne Bowling Club outdoors and in 2016 represented a combined Irish team at the Bowls World Cup in Australia. In 2017, he won three medals at the European Bowls Championships. He was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2019, he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it woul .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyle, Andrew 1978 births Living people Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland Bowls Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holt (bowls)
David Holt (born 1966) is an Australian and former England international lawn and indoor bowler. He started bowling aged 12 joining the Winton crown green bowls club. Holt won a gold medal in the fours with John Ottaway, Simon Skelton and Robert Newman at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. One year later he won the pairs with Tony Allcock in the 2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship in Yarmouth. He won three English National Championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ... titles in 1987 (singles & pairs) and 2000 (fours). In 2017 he represented Australia in the 2017 World Indoor Bowls Championship after switching allegiance from England. References 1966 births Living people English male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain McLean
Iain Donald Smith McLean (born 8 October 1983) is a Scottish international lawn bowler. Bowls career McLean won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, with Alex Marshall, Paul Foster and Ronnie Duncan. In 2013, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Robert Grant and he also won the gold medal at the 2015 World Cup Singles in Warilla, New South Wales, Australia and in 2014 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Fairus Jabal of Malaysia in the final. He is a two time winner of the Scottish National Bowls Championships in the singles (2013 and 2015) when bowling for Blackwood Victoria BC. In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. After winnig his singles section he went on to win the bronze medal play off defeating Fairul Izwan Abd Muin. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the 2023 Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Wood (bowls) , American historian of Russia
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Tony Wood may refer to: * Tony Wood (producer), television producer * Tony Wood (musician) (born 1961), American Christian musician * Tony Wood (Australian businessman), Australian businessman * Tony Wood (British businessman) (born 1966), British businessman * Tony Wood (historian) Tony Wood is a British-Mexican political writer on Russia. His 2018 book, ''Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War'', has been described by U.S. Russia policy expert Richard Lourie as a "maverick book," used "not to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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