Jim Craig (bowls)
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Cliftonville BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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James "Jim" M. Craig is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
Craig was a member of the Cliftonville Bowls Club.[2]
Craig represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[3] where he competed in the fours event,[4] with Gerry Sloan, Jimmy Donnelly and Jimmy Dennison.[5]
Craig won the triples title with Robin Gray, Marcus Craig at the 1979 Irish National Bowls Championships.[6][7] and subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, where they won the triples title.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Northern Ireland Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Bowls : Eddie Gordon". Belfast News-Letter. 3 September 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Christchurch contenders". Belfast Telegraph. 6 October 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Magnificent Seven". Ireland's Saturday Night. 12 January 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 139–141. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "History". British Isles Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ "Bowling". Belfast Telegraph. 30 July 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.