Gary Kelly (bowls)


Gary Kelly is a Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Outdoors

He won a bronze medal in the Men's singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
He won a silver medal for a combined Irish team with bowls pairs partner Ian McClure in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.
In 2018 he was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.
In addition to his international successes he also won the 2007 Irish National Bowls Championships singles.

Indoors

His first major success indoors came in 2019 after he defeated Brendan Aquilina in the final of the World Cup Singles.
He was part of the winning trio that won the inaugural Ultimate Bowls Championship in April 2019 winning $60,000 AUD in prize money.