John Higgins (bowls) explained

John Stewart Higgins (1940–2012) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa.
2. Book: Bell, Harry E. 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
3. Book: Newby, Donald. Bowls Yearbook 91. 1991. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
4. Web site: Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls. GBR Athletics.
5. Web site: IBA Singles winners. Irish Bowls Association.
6. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.
7. https://nibabowls.org/history/