Nan Allely
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Donaghadee BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nan Allely is a former lawn and indoor bowler from Northern Ireland.[1]
Biography
Allely bowled for the Donaghadee Bowls Club outdoors[2] and the Shore Street Presbyterian Club indoors.[3] She was the pairs champion of Ireland with Daisy Fraser in 1977 and 1979[4] and triples champion in 1980 at the Irish National Bowls Championships[5][6] and subsequently became the British champion after winning the 1978 pairs at the British Isles Bowls Championships.[7]
Allely won the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs gold in Toronto when partnering Eileen Bell.[8]
Allely represented the Northern Irish team[9] at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia,[10] where she competed in the triples event,[11] with Eileen Bell and Daisy Fraser.[12]
In March 2024, she won a lifetime achievement award at the Ards and North Down Sports Awards ceremony.[13]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Holder starts with win". Belfast Telegraph. 26 August 1970. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Drama as Nan snatches title". Belfast News-Letter. 5 April 1977. p. 12. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "BLI Treble". Belfast Telegraph. 31 August 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "Agression key to medal trail". Ireland's Saturday Night. 25 September 1982. p. 5. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Ursula Jumps For Joy". Belfast Telegraph. 6 July 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Ards and North Down Sports Awards: Winners Announced!". Ards and North Down Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2026.