Shannon McIlroy (born 5 January 1987) is a New Zealand international

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Bowls career

World Outdoor Championships

McIlroy won a

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in the Men's singles at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. In 2016, he won a bronze medal with Mike Kernaghan at the

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in the Men's Pairs competition in

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before winning the gold medal in the

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. In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.

Commonwealth Games

He was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the

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on the Gold Coast in

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where he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles. In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the

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Asia Pacific

McIlroy has won six medals at the

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, 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 2019

in the

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, winning the singles and the pairs with Gary Lawson.

National

He won the 2015/16 and 2017/18 singles title at the

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when bowling for the Stoke Bowls Club in addition to the 2004 & 2017/18 fours titles.

Personal life

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descent, McIlroy affiliates to the

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. He married fellow lawn bowls player Amy Brenton in January 2013.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McIlroy, Shannon 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 sportsmen