Donna McNally
Northern Irish lawn bowler
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Donna McCloy (née Donna McNally; born 2 September 1972) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.[1]
2 September 1972
Comber BC
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Donna McNally 2 September 1972 Dundonald, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ballymena BC Comber BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
International
McNally won the triples gold medal at the 1999 Atlantic Bowls Championships with Margaret Johnston and Dorothy Kane.[2][3] Six years later she won the fours bronze medal at the 2005 Atlantic Championships.[4]
She then won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[5]
After taking part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games[6] she was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[7]
National
McNally won the 2000 pairs title at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for the Comber Club.[8] Twelve years later she won the 2012 fours title at the National Championships bowling for the Ballymena Bowls Club.[9]
In 2016, McCloy won the finals in both the pairs and fours of the Provincial Towns Women's Bowling Association Championships.[10] In 2022, she won a third national title after winning the triples.[11]
Personal life
She is married to fellow Irish international bowler Gary McCloy and they run the Ballybrakes bowls shop within the Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club.[12]