Donna McNally

Donna McCloy (née Donna McNally, born 2 September 1972) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.^[1]

Donna McCloy
née Donna McNally

Personal information
Birth name	Donna McNally
Nationality	Northern Irish
Born	(1972-09-02) 2 September 1972 (age 52) Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Ballymena BC
Medal record Lawn bowls Representing combined Ireland World Outdoor Championships 2008 Christchurch Fours Atlantic Bowls Championships 1999 Cape Town triples 2005 Bangor fours Irish Nationals 2000 pairs 2012 fours 2022 triples

Bowls career

International

McNally won the triples gold medal at the 1999 Atlantic Bowls Championships with Margaret Johnston and Dorothy Kane.^[2][3] Six years later she won the fours bronze medal at the 2005 Atlantic Championships.^[4]

She then won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.^[5]

After taking part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games^[6] she was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.^[7]

National

McNally won the 2000 pairs title at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for the Comber Club. ^[8] Twelve years later she won the 2012 fours title at the National Championships bowling for the Ballymena Bowls Club.^[9] A further ten years later in 2022, she won a third national title after winning the triples.^[10]

Personal life

She is married to fellow Irish international bowler Gary McCloy and they run the Ballybrakes bowls shop within the Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club.^[11]

References

1. "Donna McNally". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
2. "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
3. "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
4. "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
5. "Medallists". Burnside Bowling Club. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
6. "Donna McCloy". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
7. "Commonwealth Games 2018: Northern Ireland name 88-strong squad". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
8. "Bowls". Sunday Life. 3 September 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Irish Women's Bowling Association National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
10. "2022 IWBA National Championships". Northern Ireland Womens Private Greens League. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
11. "Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club". Association Ireland Indoor Bowls. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

External links

• Donna McNally at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2002, 2006)
• Donna McNally at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Donna McCloy at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2010, 2014)
• Donna McCloy at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Donna McCloy at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)