Neil Mulholland (born 13 February 1980) is a Northern Irish international

lawn bowler 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 ...

Bowls career

He won a silver medal in the men's triples 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 ...

. In 2015 he won the triples and fours bronze medals 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 ...

. In 2016 he was part of the fours team with Martin McHugh, Simon Martin and Ian McClure that won a bronze medal at the

2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead, Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Ch ...

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

. He won the 2014

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 ...

singles and in 2015 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating

Fairul Izwan Abd Muin Fairul Izwan Abdul Muin (born 3 November 1982) is a Malaysian lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Muin won a pairs bronze medal at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2020 he was selected for th ...

of Malaysia in the final. In 2019 he won the fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulholland, Neill 1980 births Living people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Sportspeople from Lisburn Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games