Jim_Baker_(bowls)

Jim Baker (bowls)

Jim Baker (bowls)

Northern Irish former bowler

Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

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Bowls career

Baker was born in Belfast on 18 February 1958. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 World Indoor Bowls Championship he went one better in 1984 clinching the World Indoor title.[2]

Baker was part of the Gold Medal-winning triples for the combined Irish team in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and Gold Medal-winning fours in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In the 2004 World Championships he won a third gold medal for the combined Irish team, in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Neil Booth and a silver medal with Noel Graham in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4]

In addition Baker has won two Commonwealth Games medals.[5]

At national level he also won the 1989 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. [2]
    Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls the Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  3. [3]
    "Ulster Sports Museum". Ulster Sports Museum.
  4. [4]
    ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times.
  5. [5]
    "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  6. [6]
    "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
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