Shannon McIlroy
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| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1987 Gisborne,New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stoke Bowling Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shannon McIlroy(born 5 January 1987) is a New Zealand internationallawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career[edit]
World Outdoor Championships[edit]
McIlroy won abronze medalin theMen's singlesat the2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championshipin Adelaide.[3]
In 2016, he won a bronze medal withMike Kernaghanat theWorld Bowls Championshipin theMen's Pairscompetition inChristchurchbefore winning the gold medal in thesingles.[4]
In 2020 he was selected for the2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championshipin Australia.[5]
Commonwealth Games[edit]
He was selected as part of theNew Zealand teamfor the2018 Commonwealth Gameson theGold CoastinQueenslandwhere he reached the quarter-finals of themen's singles.[6]
In 2022, he competed in themen's singlesand themen's pairsat the2022 Commonwealth Games.[7]
Asia Pacific[edit]
McIlroy has won six medals at theAsia Pacific Bowls Championships,a fours silver in 2007, a second silver in the triples in 2009 and a fours gold and pairs bronze in 2015 but his greatest success to date was winning double gold at the 2019Asia Pacific Bowls Championshipsin theGold Coast, Queensland,winning the singles and the pairs withGary Lawson.[8][9]
National[edit]
He won the 2015/16 and 2017/18 singles title at theNew Zealand National Bowls Championshipswhen bowling for the Stoke Bowls Club in addition to the 2004 & 2017/18 fours titles.[10]
Personal life[edit]
OfMāoridescent, McIlroy affiliates to theNgāti Porouiwi.[11]He married fellow lawn bowls playerAmy Brentonin January 2013.[12]
References[edit]
- ^"Shannon McIlroy shows why he's the bowler to beat in singles play at national champs".Stuff.co.nz.3 January 2018.Retrieved12 April2018.
- ^Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^"World Bowls Championships".Olympic.org.nz.
- ^"2016 World Bowls Championship Finals".Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^"Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020".Bowls New Zealand.
- ^"Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games".New Zealand Herald.
- ^"Official Games profile".2022 Commonwealth Games.Retrieved2 August2022.
- ^"Results Portal".Bowls Australia.
- ^"Shannon McIlroy wins thrilling Asia Pacific bowls championships singles final".Stuff.
- ^"New Zealand Championships".Bowls Tawa.
- ^"Gold just inches away from McIlroy".Māori Television News.12 April 2018.Retrieved12 April2018.
- ^Hills, Murray (29 December 2012)."Bride-to-be copes with pair pressure".The Dominion Post.Retrieved1 August2014.
External links[edit]
- Shannon McIlroyat theNew Zealand Olympic Committee
- Shannon McIlroyat theGlasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games(archived)
- Shannon McIlroyat theGold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games(archived)
- Shannon McIlroyat theBirmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 1987 births
- Living people
- New Zealand male bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Sportspeople from Gisborne, New Zealand
- Ngāti Porou people
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- 20th-century New Zealand people
- 21st-century New Zealand people