Alicia Crangle
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 March 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Salisbury BC, Belfast NI Civil Service BC, Belfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alicia Crangle married name Alicia Weir (born 30 March 1970) is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at two Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Crangle a pediatrician by profession, was a member of the Salisbury Bowls Club in Belfast[1] and represented the combined Ireland team at international level.[2]
Crangle represented the Northern Irish team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[3] where she competed in the fours event, with Patricia Horner, Donna McNally and Geraldine Law.[4]
After marrying she played under the name of Alicia Weir[5] and represented the Northern Irish team again[6] at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England,[7] where she competed in the fours event, with Patricia Horner, Dessa Baird and Paula Montgomery.[8]
Bowling for the NI Civil Service Bowls Club in Belfast, she won seven national titles at the Irish National Bowls Championships; the singles in 2002 and 2017, the pairs in 2002 and 2009, the triples in 2001 and 2015 and the fours in 2015.[9]
She subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, winning titles in 2002, 2010 and 2016.[10]
References
- ^ "Bowls". Newtownabbey Times and East Antrim Times. 12 December 1996. p. 50. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Alicia will be missed". Belfast News-Letter. 19 June 1998. p. 41. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hot-shot Bobby misses party". Belfast News-Letter. 16 June 1998. p. 45. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "Irish Caps 1983-2019.xlsx" (PDF). IWBA. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "NI Commonwealth squad revealed". BBC Sport. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ "Manchester on their mind". Belfast News-Letter. 6 June 2002. p. 45. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Manchester 2002". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "History". British Isles Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2026.