Hilda Hamilton
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Belfast BC Saintfield BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hilda Hamilton is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Hamilton was initially a member of the Belfast Bowls Club[1] and represented the combined Ireland team at international level.[2] She also bowled indoors.[3]
She was the singles champion of Ireland at the 1983 Irish National Bowls Championships.[4] and went on to win five more titles in the triples (1985, 1987 and 1989) and fours (1984, 1985).[5] She subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, winning the fours title in 1985 and 1986 and triples in 1988.[6] The last of her national titles was with the Saintfield Bowls Club.[7]
Hamilton represented the Northern Irish team[8] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[9] where she competed in the fours event, with Kathleen Megrath, Nan Allely and Maureen Mallon.[10]
At the 1990 British Isles Championships Hamilton and fellow bowler Eileen Bell were forced to concede their matches due to the ban on the third Irish bowler Kathleen Megrath.[11]
References
- ^ "Hilda Hamilton of Belfast delivers a wood". Ireland's Saturday Night. 10 August 1985. p. 6. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ronnie Harper's international bowls scene". Ireland's Saturday Night. 23 June 1984. p. 5. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tall Order - Can Eileen Bell and Hilda Hamilton win the Irish indoor pairs title?". Belfast News-Letter. 13 February 1993. p. 68. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via 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 6 January 2026.
- ^ "History". British Isles Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "Saintfield trio snatch the crown". Belfast News-Letter. 25 August 1989. p. 30. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Team". Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Top woman bowler banned by Ireland". Belfast News-Letter. 30 June 1990. p. 19. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.