Jim Baker (bowls)
Northern Irish former bowler
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Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[2]
Bowls career
Baker won the 1984 World Indoor Bowls Championship, becoming the first and to date only open champion from Northern Ireland. He was also runner-up in 1982.[3]
Baker was part of the gold medal-winning triples for the combined Irish team in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and gold medal-winning fours in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] He won a silver with Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5]
In the 2004 World Championship, he won a third gold medal for the combined Irish team in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Neil Booth[6] and a silver medal with Noel Graham in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[7]
In addition, he won another Commonwealth Games medal at the 2002 Games in Manchester.[8][9]
At national level, he also won the 1989 Irish National Bowls Championships singles, bowling for Cliftonville Bowls Club.[10]