Thomas Greechan (born 19 June 1976) is a Scottish born international lawn

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player from Jersey. He became the British singles champion after winning the

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in 2016.

Bowls career

World Championships

Greechan has competed for Jersey at two

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s in

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Commonwealth Games

He has represented Jersey at two

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; at the

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and the

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Other events

In addition to his British Isles Championship success he won the Jersey's first

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in 2011, in

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. He beat

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of Scotland in a tie-break set 5–0, despite dropping the first set. Greechan also medalled at the 2007

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, with silver in the men's fours event. Jersey's bowls team, which finished second in the overall combined medal table at the Games, narrowly missed out on 2008

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' Team of the Year to Jersey's

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ers. In April 2015, Greechan won the

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Mixed Pairs world title with his 14-year-old daughter,

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Family and awards

In 2012, Thomas Greechan was voted

' Sports Personality of the Year and won Sports Person of the Year in Jersey. He has also been selected as Jersey's men's outdoor Bowler of the Year twice, in 2005, and 2006.

References

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