Sandra Hazel Bailie (born 1960) is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Outdoor career

In 2009, she won the fours bronze medal at the

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and in 2015 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. She won the 2016 (pairs), 2012 & 2016 (triples) and 2008, 2011 & 2014 fours titles at the

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 ...

bowling for the Knock Bowls Club. In 2016, she was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

on the

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. In 2022, Bailie won her seventh national title while bowling for NI Civil Service. She won the pairs with Alison Morris.

Indoor career

Bailie reached the final of the mixed pairs during the 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing to Paul Foster and

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Honours and awards

Bailie was voted Belfast Sports Personality of the Year in 2017 She was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to bowls.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailie, Sandra 1960 births Living people Female lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland Members of the Order of the British Empire