Barbara Cameron (bowls)

Barbara Mary Cameron BEM (born 16 April 1962) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler and bowls coach.

Barbara Cameron

Personal information
Nationality	Northern Irish
Born	(1962-04-16) 16 April 1962 (age 61) Coalisland, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Ballymena BC
Medal record Representing  Northern Ireland Women's lawn bowls Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Women's pairs Representing combined Ireland Atlantic Bowls Championships 1993 Florida pairs 1995 Durban pairs Irish Nationals 2001 singles 2022 triples

Bowls career

International

In 1993, she won the pairs gold medal with Phillis Nolan at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.^[1][2] Two years later she won the pairs bronze medal at the Atlantic Championships.^[3][4]

She competed for Northern Ireland in the women's pairs event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games^[5][6] where she won a bronze medal.^[7]

National

In 2001, Cameron won the singles crown at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for Ballymena BC. In 2022, she won the triples title.^[8]

Coaching

Cameron was selected as a coach for the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.^[9]

Cameron was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls in Northern Ireland.^[10]

References

1. "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
2. "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
3. "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
4. "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
5. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
6. "Bowler Barbara bids for bronze medal". Ballymena Times. 31 July 2014.
7. Beacom, Steve (2 August 2014). "Barbara Cameron's dream comes true at her fifth games". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
8. "2022 IWBA National Championships". Northern Ireland Womens Private Greens League. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
9. "In full: Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games squad is announced for Gold Coast 2018". Belfast Telegraph.
10. "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B26.