Shannon McIlroy

Shannon
Personal information
Born (1987-01-05) 5 January 1987
Gisborne, New Zealand
Spouse(s)
Amy Brenton (m. 2013)
Sport
Country New Zealand
Sport Lawn bowls
Club Stoke Bowling Club[1]
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
2012 Adelaidesingles
2016 Christchurch pairs
2016 Christchurch singles

Shannon McIlroy (born 5 January 1987) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2]

McIlroy won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.[3]

Of Māori descent, McIlroy affiliates to the Ngāti Porou iwi.[4] He married fellow lawn bowls player Amy Brenton in January 2013.[5]

In 2016, he won a bronze medal with Mike Kernaghan at the World Bowls Championship in the Men's Pairs competition in Christchurch before winning the gold medal in the singles.[6]

He was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Shannon McIlroy shows why he's the bowler to beat in singles play at national champs". Stuff.co.nz. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  3. ↑ "World Bowls Championships". Olympic.org.nz.
  4. ↑ "Gold just inches away from McIlroy". Māori Television News. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Hills, Murray (29 December 2012). "Bride-to-be copes with pair pressure". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  7. ↑ "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald.


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