Sammy Allen

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Sammy Allen
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1938-07-06) 6 July 1938 (age 86)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sport
ClubBallymena BC
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place
1982 Brisbane
Men's fours
Representing combined Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Aberdeen Men's triples
Gold medal – first place 1988 Auckland Men's fours
Silver medal – second place 1992 Worthing Men's pairs
Gold medal – first place 1996 Adelaide Men's pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 singles

Samuel Barnett Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.

Bowls career

Allen has been bowling since 1966 and has skipped a combined Ireland both indoors and outdoors. He won a Fours

World Outdoor Championships in Auckland.[1]
Further success came when he won the 1996 .

Allen still plays outdoors for the Ballymena Seniors team and his other achievements include winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1980 [2][3] and the 1979 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.[4][5]

References

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  2. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  3. ^ "Seniors eye more Irish Cup success". Ballymena Times.
  4. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
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