Shannon McIlroy
New Zealand lawn bowler
Amy Brenton
(m. 2013)Medal record
Representing  New Zealand | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Outdoor Championships | ||
 | 2012 Adelaide | singles |
| 2016 Christchurch | pairs |
 | 2016 Christchurch | singles |
| World Singles Champion of Champions | ||
| 2018 Sydney | men's title |
| Asia Pacific Bowls Championships | ||
 | 2007 Christchurch | fours |
| 2009 Kuala Lumpur | triples |
| 2015 Christchurch | fours |
| 2015 Christchurch | pairs |
| 2019 Gold Coast | singles |
| 2019 Gold Coast | pairs |
Shannon McIlroy (born 5 January 1987) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
World Outdoor Championships
McIlroy won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.[3]
In 2016, he won a bronze medal with Mike Kernaghan at the World Bowls Championship in the Men's Pairs competition in Christchurch before winning the gold medal in the singles.[4]
In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[5]
Commonwealth Games
He was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles.[6]
In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7]
Asia Pacific
McIlroy has won six medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, a fours silver in 2007, a second silver in the triples in 2009 and a fours gold and pairs bronze in 2015 but his greatest success to date was winning double gold at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland, winning the singles and the pairs with Gary Lawson.[8][9]
National
He won the 2015/16 and 2017/18 singles title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Stoke Bowls Club in addition to the 2004 & 2017/18 fours titles.[10]
Personal life
Of Māori descent, McIlroy affiliates to the Ngāti Porou iwi.[11] He married fellow lawn bowls player Amy Brenton in January 2013.[12]
References
- ^ "Shannon McIlroy shows why he's the bowler to beat in singles play at national champs". Stuff.co.nz. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^ "World Bowls Championships". Olympic.org.nz.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand.
- ^ "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Shannon McIlroy wins thrilling Asia Pacific bowls championships singles final". Stuff.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Gold just inches away from McIlroy". Māori Television News. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Hills, Murray (29 December 2012). "Bride-to-be copes with pair pressure". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
External links
- Shannon McIlroy at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Shannon McIlroy at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Shannon McIlroy at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Shannon McIlroy at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- v
- t
- e
2010 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
- Steve Clifton
- Stephanie Croskery
- Mandy McGregor
- Anne Mitchell
- Shaun Teasdale
- Tony Waddick
- Adrian Blincoe
- Stuart Farquhar
- Beatrice Faumuina
- Nikki Hamblin
- Jess Hamill
- Matthew Lack
- Elizabeth Lamb
- Andrea Miller
- Brent Newdick
- Valerie Vili
- Rebecca Wardell
- Monique Williams
- Nick Willis
- Danielle Barry
- Michelle Chan
- James Eunson
- Donna Haliday
- Oliver Leydon-Davis
- Anna Rankin
- Henry Tam
- Joe Wu
- David Aloua
- Angus Donaldson
- Nathon McEwen
- Reece Papuni
- Joseph Parker
- Anthony Taylor
- Shane Archbold
- Clinton Avery
- Jack Bauer
- Sam Bewley
- Kaytee Boyd
- Rushlee Buchanan
- Cath Cheatley
- Eddie Dawkins
- Gemma Dudley
- Lauren Ellis
- Aaron Gate
- Westley Gough
- Greg Henderson
- Melissa Holt
- Jo Kiesanowski
- Peter Latham
- Gordon McCauley
- Ethan Mitchell
- Jaime Nielsen
- Hayden Roulston
- Marc Ryan
- Jesse Sergent
- Alison Shanks
- Myron Simpson
- Simon van Velthooven
- Sam Webster
- Linda Villumsen
- Brandon Field
- Lani Hohepa
- Mark Holyoake
- Mikhail Koudinov
- Briana Mitchell
- Holly Moon
- Keziah Oliver
- Matthew Palmer
- Patrick Peng
- Mereana Rademekers
- Jordan Rae
- Kimberley Robson
- Phil Burrows
- Stacey Carr
- Simon Child
- Dean Couzins
- Steve Edwards
- Clarissa Eshuis
- Natasha FitzSimons
- Gemma Flynn
- Krystal Forgesson
- Katie Glynn
- Ella Gunson
- Nick Haig
- Charlotte Harrison
- Samantha Harrison
- Andrew Hayward
- Blair Hilton
- Hugo Inglis
- Stephen Jenness
- Beth Jurgeleit
- Shea McAleese
- Stacey Michelsen
- Emily Naylor
- Arun Panchia
- Kyle Pontifex
- Anita Punt
- Kayla Sharland
- Bradley Shaw
- Hayden Shaw
- Lucy Talbot
- Blair Tarrant
- Anna Thorpe
- Nick Wilson
- Genevieve Baildon
- Richard Collett
- Karen Coombe
- Dan Delany
- Ali Forsyth
- Richard Girvan
- Jan Khan
- Dale Lang
- Shannon McIlroy
- Val Smith
- Manu Timoti
- Andrew Todd
- Adrian Black
- Myles Browne-Cole
- Mike Collings
- Alan Earle
- Juliet Etherington
- Sally Johnston
- Natalie Rooney
- Allan Sinclair
- John Snowden
- Nadine Stanton
- Ryan Taylor
- Greg Yelavich
- Campbell Grayson
- Jaclyn Hawkes
- Joelle King
- Martin Knight
- Tamsyn Leevey
- Kylie Lindsay
- Daniel Bell
- Lauren Boyle
- Moss Burmester
- Amaka Gessler
- Natasha Hind
- Melissa Ingram
- Gareth Kean
- Penelope Marshall
- Hayley Palmer
- Glenn Snyders
- Emily Thomas
- Natalie Wiegersma
- Kirstin Anderson
- Caitlin Anderson
- Jenny Hung
- Karen Li
- Sun Yang
- Annie Yang
- Stanislav Chalaev
- Lou Guinares
- Kate Howard
- Tracey Lambrechs
- Richie Patterson
- Cameron Sinclair
- Mark Spooner
- Sam Belkin
- Stephen Hill
- Nicholas Lane
- Sian Law
- Andrei Paulet
- Aaron Quinlan
