Ernie Parkinson

Ernie Parkinson is a former Irish international lawn bowler.[1]

Ernie Parkinson
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Sport
ClubBelmont Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh fours
Representing combined Ireland
British Isles Championships
1990triples

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with Billie Montgomery, Willie Watson and Roy McCune.[2][3]

Four years later he represented Northern Ireland in the pairs at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5]

He plays for the Belmont Bowling Club which he joined from the Ormeau Bowls Club.[6]

References

  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  4. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "Irish bowlers will put in strong challenge". Aberdeen Evening Express. 3 July 1996. p. 44. Retrieved 8 April 2021 via The British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "History". Northern Ireland Bowling Association.


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