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Thomas Greechan

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Thomas Greechan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish / Jersey)
Born (1976-06-19) 19 June 1976 (age 48)
Glasgow, Scotland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubSt Brelade BC
Medal record
Representing  Jersey
World Singles Champion of Champions
Gold medal – first place 2011 Hong Kong Men's Singles
British Isles Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Belmont Men's Singles
IIBC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Grainville Mixed Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2008 Swansea Mixed Pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ayr Men's Fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 singles

Thomas Greechan (born 19 June 1976) is a Scottish born international lawn bowls player from Jersey. He became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2016.[1][2]

Bowls career

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World Championships

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Greechan has competed for Jersey at two World Bowls Championships in 2000 and 2012.

Commonwealth Games

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He has represented Jersey at two Commonwealth Games; at the 2002 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3][4][5]

Other events

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In addition to his British Isles Championship success he won the Jersey's first World Singles Champion of Champions in 2011, in Hong Kong. He beat Jonathan Ross of Scotland in a tie-break set 5–0, despite dropping the first set.[6]

Greechan also medalled at the 2007 Atlantic Bowls Championships, with silver in the men's fours event.[7][8] Jersey's bowls team, which finished second in the overall combined medal table at the Games, narrowly missed out on 2008 Channel Islands' Team of the Year to Jersey's cricketers.[9][10]

In April 2015, Greechan won the IIBC Championships Mixed Pairs world title with his 14-year-old daughter, Chloe.[11][12]

Family and awards

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In 2012, Thomas Greechan was voted Channel Islands' Sports Personality of the Year and won Sports Person of the Year in Jersey.[13][14] He has also been selected as Jersey's men's outdoor Bowler of the Year twice, in 2005, and 2006.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. 30 July 2013.
  2. ^ "CI Bowls: Double joy for Lowery". Jersey Evening Post. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  3. ^ "SPORTS UPDATE: Irvine: We'll just let Mika self-destruct; UPDATE". Free Library. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Sport Digest". Herald Scotland. 20 September 1999. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Athletes Biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "Tommy Greechan wins World Champion of Champions bowls". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ "Jersey's star duo hope to build on Sharp success". Jersey Evening Post. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Champagne moment for Banahan". Jersey Evening Post. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Jersey teenager crowned youngest ever World Bowls Champion". ITV. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Bowls: CI bowlers secure world titles". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Thomas Greechan named Jersey sports person of the year". BBC. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Greechan takes top award as Jersey dominate night". Guernsey Press. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Mens Bowler of the Year Winner". BJA. Retrieved 24 November 2015.