Bobby Donnelly (bowls)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | South Africa |
Born | Boksburg, South Africa | 12 September 1962
Sport | |
Sport | Lawn bowls |
Club | The Wanderers BC |
Medal record |
Robert 'Bobby' Donnelly (born 12 September 1962) is a South African lawn bowler.
Bowls career
Donnelly secured a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship before competing in the 2002 Commonwealth Games bowls singles after receiving a late call up as an injury replacement. He took a surprise gold medal defeating Jeremy Henry in the final.[1]
A second Commonwealth Games gold came his way in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2]
He was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[3]
He won the 2013 singles at the National Championships bowling for the Wanderers Bowls Club.[4]
References
- ^ "Donnelly edges out Henry". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Glasgow 2014 official site.
- ^ "Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced". The South African. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls.
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Boksburg
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- South African male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls