Gerry Sloan

Gerry Sloan
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBangor BC

Gerard "Gerry" Sloan is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Sloan was a member of the Bangor Bowls Club, although he originally bowled for Ballynafeigh in Belfast, when he reached the singles semi finals of the 1960 Irish National Bowls Championships.

He represented Ireland at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.

Sloan represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he competed in the fours event, with Jim Craig, Jimmy Donnelly and Jimmy Dennison.

He continued to represent Ireland up until 1980.

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Ireland Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Gerry Sloan of Bangor need no introduction". Ireland's Saturday Night. 25 May 1974. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "cavehill bowler reaches final of national titles". Northern Whig. 13 August 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 139–141. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  6. ↑ "World Bowls Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
  7. ↑ "Christchurch contenders". Belfast Telegraph. 6 October 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "The Magnificent Seven". Ireland's Saturday Night. 12 January 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  10. ↑ "Bowls Shock - Stars Axed". Belfast Telegraph. 2 June 1980. p. 30. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.