Alex Lightbody (born 1966) is an international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

, who has represented Ireland (combined) and Northern Ireland at international level.

Bowls career

Lightbody won 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, wh ...

singles in 1992. Trailing in the final against

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14–9, he came back to secure a 21–15 victory. In doing so he became the first Bangor bowler since Billy Tate to win the title. The 1992 Irish title qualified him for the 1993

British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, from England, Scotland, Wales, a combined Ireland, and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triple ...

and he subsequently won the singles held in Worthing becoming the first Irish winner since

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in 1980.

Other titles

*Northern Ireland Bowls Association (NIBA) singles title: 1992 *Northern Ireland Bowls Association (NIBA) fours title: 1983

European ranking

Lightbody has a Professional Bowls Association European ranking of 96 in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lightbody, Alex 1966 births Living people Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland