Neil Booth Explained

Neil Booth
Nationality:Northern Irish
Birth Date:19 February 1968
Birth Place:Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Neil Booth (born 19 February 1968) is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler and bowls team coach and manager.[1]

Bowls career

Booth has won three World Championship medals starting with the gold medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Jim Baker.[2] This was followed by two bronze medals in 2012.[3]

In addition he has won four Commonwealth Games medals. He won the gold medal in the fours at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur with Gary McCloy, Ian McClure and Martin McHugh.[4] He won a bronze in 2002, a silver medal in 2006 and another silver in 2014.[5]

Booth retired from international competition in 2014.[6]

Coaching

Booth was selected as a coach for the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[7] He was team manager for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletes Profile:Lawn Bowls. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: "Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004]. The Times.
  3. Web site: profile. Bowls Tawa.
  4. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
  5. Web site: Glasgow 2014 profile. Glasgow 2014 official site.
  6. Web site: Irish international duo Noel Graham and Neil Booth finally call it a day. News Letter.
  7. News: In full: Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games squad is announced for Gold Coast 2018. Belfasttelegraph.co.uk . Belfast Telegraph.
  8. Web site: Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020. Irish Bowling Association.