Maureen Mallon
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Lisnagarvey BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maureen Mallon is a former international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Mallon was a member of the Lisnagarvey Bowls Club[1] and represented the combined Ireland team at international level.[2]
Mallon represented the Northern Irish team[3] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[4] where she competed in the fours event, with Kathleen Megrath, Nan Allely and Hilda Hamilton.[5]
She was a three-times champion of Ireland at the Irish National Bowls Championships, in the triples in 1984 and 1992[6] and the fours in 1991.[7][8][9]
She subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, winning the triples title in 1985.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Garvey four in NIWPGL final". Dromore Leader. 1 August 1990. p. 44. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Irish call for Maureen and Eileen". Dromore Leader. 1 April 1987. p. 56. 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Iris Scott, Peggy Mallon, Eileen Morrison and Maureen Mallon". Ulster Star. 28 February 1992. p. 49. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Peggy Mallon, Iris Scott, Maureen Mallon and Eileen Morrison". Ulster Star. 13 September 1991. p. 52. 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.
- ^ "Irish Bid End In Narrow Defeat". Dromore Leader. 3 September 1986. p. 19. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.