Ashleigh Rainey (born 28 April 1985) is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ewarts BC (outdoors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editAshleigh has played for Ireland both indoors and outdoors.[2]
In 2019, she won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[3] and in 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][2]
In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1] During 2002, she also won a gold medal at the European Bowls Championships in the triples with Chloe Wilson and Lara Reaney.[5]
In 2023, she won her second national title, after winning the pairs at the Irish National finals.[6] Shortly afterwards in 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Ireland at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[7] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b "World Bowls 2020 – Meet the Ireland Team". Irish Bowls Federation.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020". Irish Bowling Association.
- ^ "2023 European Bowls Championships results". Bowls Europe. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "2023 IWBA National Championships". Irish Women's Bowling Association. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.