Eileen Bell (born 1936) is a former Irish lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Bell started bowling in the sixties in her home town of

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. Bell won the

1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1981 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Willowdale Bowling Club in Toronto, Canada, from 1 to 15 August 1981. Swaziland replaced Samoa two weeks before the competition started due to the Samoan General Strike Norma Shaw ...

pairs Gold in

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when partnering

Nan Allely Nan Allely is a former Irish lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Allely won the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs Gold in Toronto when partnering Eileen Bell. She became a British champion after winning the 1978 pairs at the Britis ...

. She bowled for the Belfast BC (outdoors) and Shaws Bridge (indoors). Bell is the winner of nine

Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906 which pr ...

and has been three times

British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, England Scotland, Wales, combined Ireland and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did ...

singles title holder (1974, 1983 & 1986), a record only bettered by fellow Irish bowler

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. In addition she has also won a triples and fours title.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Eileen Female lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland 1936 births Living people Bowls World Champions People from Ballynahinch, County Down Sportspeople from County Down