John Stewart Higgins (1940–2012) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

He started bowling aged 15 and won a

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in the

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at the

1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March 1976. Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean swee ...

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. He also won a bronze medal in fours at the

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. He won the 1969

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. Higgins plied his trade with YRCD bowling club through most of his career before joining the, 58th Old Boys Bowling Clubhttps://nibabowls.org/history/ after YRCD's demise. Since his passing the YRCD Hall as it is known has been renovated and also incorporates the HUBB Community Resource Centre, where a mural proudly stands of John playing bowls for his club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, John 1940 births 2012 deaths Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls