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| Nickname | Higgy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Northern Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1940 Belfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 May 2012 (aged 71) Belfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Green keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer | Cave Hill BC / Salisbury BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | N. I. B. A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | York Road Civil Defence BC / 58th Old Boys Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Stewart Higgins (1940–2012) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career[edit]
He started bowling aged 15[2] and won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[3] He also won a bronze medal in fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]
He won the 1969 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[5][6]
Higgins plied his trade with YRCD bowling club through most of his career before joining the, 58th Old Boys Bowling Club[7] after YRCD's demise. Since his passing the YRCD Hall as it is known has been renovated and also incorporates the HUBB Community Resource Centre, where a mural proudly stands of John playing bowls for his club.
References[edit]
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ https://nibabowls.org/history/