Hilda Hamilton

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]