Bobby Donnelly (bowls)
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| Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1962 Boksburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | The Wanderers BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert 'Bobby' Donnelly (born 12 September 1962) is a South African lawn bowler.
Bowls career[edit]
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]
In 2009 he won the triples and fours gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[2][3] and two years later he won the pairs gold medal and singles bronze medal at the 2011 Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4]
He won the 2013 singles at the National Championships bowling for the Wanderers Bowls Club.[5]
A second Commonwealth Games gold came his way in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6]
He was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Donnelly edges out Henry". BBC Sport. 4 August 2002.
- ^ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Glasgow 2014 official site.
- ^ "Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced". The South African. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople 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
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games