Sam_Barkley_(bowls)

Sam Barkley (bowls)

Sam Barkley (bowls)

Irish bowls player

Sam Barkley (born 28 March 1999 in Northern Ireland) is a combined Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1][2]

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Bowls career

Barkley made his indoor bowling debut for Ireland in 2016.[3] In 2020, he won the Junior singles at the British Isles Indoor Championships.[4]

He made his debut at the World Championships during the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship competing in the singles and pairs.[5] In 2021, he became a National champion after winning the pairs with Martin McHugh at the Irish National Bowls Championships.[6][7]

In 2022, he competed in the men's pairs and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8] In the fours the team of Barkley, Adam McKeown, Ian McClure and Martin McHugh won the gold medal defeating India in the final.[9]

Personal life

He is a plumber by trade.

A member of the Orange Institution, he won the 2023 Orange "Sporting Achievement Award".

References

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    "SPAIN – TEST SERIES The following have been selected to represent Ireland". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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    "BOWLS: It's six of the best for new-look Irish". Newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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    "AIIB Senior International record". Association of Irish Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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    "AIIB treble at BIIBC Championships". Association of Irish Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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    "Draw and results". World Bowls. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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    "IBA Championships". Irish Bowls Association. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
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    "IBA Champions". NIPGL. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
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    "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Commonwealth Games: NI's men's fours win gold with thumping final win in Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2022.


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