Amy McIlroy (née Brenton, born 22 March 1991) is a

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lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

player. She competed at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

as part of the women's triples and women's fours teams. She won a bronze medal in the women's fours events along with teammates

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and

Val Smith Valerie Christine Smith (born 29 July 1965) is an international bowls, lawn bowler from New Zealand. Bowls career World Championships Smith won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa before winning three ...

. Born Amy Brenton, McIlroy attended Nelson's

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. She married fellow lawn bowls player

Shannon McIlroy Shannon McIlroy (born 5 January 1987) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Outdoor Championships McIlroy won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. In 2016, h ...

in January 2013.

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* * * * 1991 births Living people New Zealand female bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games People educated at Nayland College Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand people {{NewZealand-bowls-bio-stub