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Jonny Ross

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Jonathan Ross
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1973-12-28) 28 December 1973 (age 51)
Sport
Club(indoor) West of Scotland
(outdoor) Priorscroft
Medal record
Representing Ireland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Men's fours
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Men's triples

Jonathan Stewart Ross is a Northern Irish bowler who was born in Lisburn.[1] He now represents Scotland after moving there.[2]

Bowls career

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He was part of the winning Irish Fours team in the 2004 World Bowls Championships held in Ayr, Scotland with Jim Baker, Neil Booth and Noel Graham.[3]

He also won the British Isles Singles titles in 2001 and 2002[4] and was the first Irish player to win the Scottish outdoors singles title.[5]

Jonathan partnered Noel Graham to win the prestigious Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title on a record equalling three occasions.[6]

In 2006, he represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

He won the 2010 singles title at the Scottish National Bowls Championships bowling for the Priorscroft Bowls Club.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Jonathan Ross". Taylor Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Jonathan Ross". World Bowls Tour.
  3. ^ ""Ireland success." Times [London, England] 7 Aug. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ World Bowls Tour players - Jonathan Ross
  5. ^ Bowls: Luck of the draw runs out for Jonathan Ross
  6. ^ "HongKong Classic Pairs Winners". HKLBA.
  7. ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.