Neil Mulholland (born 13 February 1980) is a Northern Irish international
lawn bowler
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.
Bowls career
He won a silver medal in the
men's triples at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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. 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
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in
Christchurch
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.
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
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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