Thomas Greechan
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| Nationality | British (Jersey) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1976 Glasgow, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | St Brelade BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Greechan is a Scottish born international lawn bowls player from Jersey. He became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2016.[1]
Bowls career
World Championships
Greechan has competed for Jersey at two World Bowls Championships in 2000 and 2012.
Commonwealth Games
He has represented Jersey at two Commonwealth Games; at the 2002 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[2][3][4]
Other events
In addition to his British Isles Championship success he won the Jersey's first World Singles Champion of Champions in 2011, in Hong Kong. He beat Jonathan Ross of Scotland in a tie-break set 5–0, despite dropping the first set.[5] Greechan also medalled at the 2007 Atlantic Rim Games, with silver in the men's fours event. Jersey's bowls team, which finished second in the overall combined medal table at the Games, narrowly missed out on 2008 Channel Islands' Team of the Year to Jersey's cricketers.[6][7]
Family and awards
Greechan is part of a successful bowls family that includes his wife Lindsey and daughter Chloe. In 2012, Thomas Greechan was voted Channel Islands' Sports Personality of the Year and won Sports Person of the Year in Jersey.[8][9] He has also been selected as Jersey's men's outdoor Bowler of the Year twice, in 2005, and 2006.[10]
References
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ "SPORTS UPDATE: Irvine: We'll just let Mika self-destruct; UPDATE". Free Library. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Sport Digest". Herald Scotland. 20 September 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Athletes Biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Tommy Greechan wins World Champion of Champions bowls". BBC.
- ^ "Jersey's star duo hope to build on Sharp success". Jersey Evening Post. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Champagne moment for Banahan". Jersey Evening Post. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Thomas Greechan named Jersey sports person of the year". BBC. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Greechan takes top award as Jersey dominate night". Guernsey Press. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Mens Bowler of the Year Winner". BJA. Retrieved 24 November 2015.