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Neil Booth (born 19 February 1968) is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler and bowls team coach and manager.


Bowls career

Booth has won three World Championship medals starting with the gold medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in
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, Noel Graham and Jim Baker. This was followed by two
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s in 2012. In addition he has won four
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medals. He won the gold medal in the fours at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur with
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, Ian McClure and Martin McHugh. He won a bronze in 2002, a silver medal in 2006 and another silver in 2014. Booth retired from international competition in 2014.


Coaching

Booth was selected as a coach for the Northern Ireland team for the
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on the Gold Coast in
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. He was team manager for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Neil 1968 births Living people Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls