{{Short description|Irish international lawn and indoor bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Gary McCloy | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Northern Irish) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|5|28|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | club = Portrush | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Lawn bowls }} {{MedalCountry | 25px combined Ireland}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 2000 Johannesburg | Triples }} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Ayr|pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2011 Portugal| pairs }} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|2023|triples}} {{MedalCountry | {{NIR}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Fours}} {{MedalCompetition|Irish Nationals}} {{MedalGold|1990|triples}} {{MedalGold|1994|singles}} {{MedalGold|2002|triples}} {{MedalGold|2019|singles}} {{MedalGold|2022|triples}} }}
'''Gary Samuel McCloy''' (born 28 May 1969) is an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2208 |title=Profile: Gary McCloy |publisher=Bowls tawa |access-date=2017-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531042046/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2208 |archive-date=2016-05-31 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Bowls career== He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
He was also part of the fours team that secured the gold medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the other members were Ian McClure, Martin McHugh and Neil Booth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm |title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS |publisher=GBR Athletics |access-date=2017-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004163304/http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm |archive-date=2018-10-04 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2007 he won the pairs silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2007 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-date=2010-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503552743/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8d4aa913 |title=Bowls |date=18 July 2007 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=20 May 2021 |page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He also won the 1994 and 2019 Irish National Bowls Championships singles title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irishbowlingassociation.co.uk/iba-national-championships-previous-winners/ |title=IBA Singles winners |publisher=Irish Bowls Association |access-date=2019-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320233126/http://irishbowlingassociation.co.uk/iba-national-championships-previous-winners/ |archive-date=2019-03-20 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sullivan |first=Patrick |title=Guinness Bowls Records |year=1986 |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |isbn=0-85112-414-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/hogg-and-wilson-back-on-winners-podium-after-nine-years-38478822.html |title=Hogg and Wilson back on winners' podium after nine years |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=2019-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014203921/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/hogg-and-wilson-back-on-winners-podium-after-nine-years-38478822.html |archive-date=2019-10-14 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2022, he won his fifth national title when winning the triples at the Irish National Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HKK2n3pFt2RPAG_bQJJDZw6zsTC_t8fkRDop1T_OLDQ/edit#gid=258023746|title=2022 IBA Championships|publisher=Irish Bowls Association|access-date=17 September 2022}}</ref>
In 2023, he won the triples title, with Derek Smith & Ian McClure at the British Isles Bowls Championships, held in Ayr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/england-winners-triumph-at-british-isles-championships/ |title=ENGLAND WINNERS TRIUMPH AT BRITISH ISLES CHAMPIONSHIPS |publisher=Bowls England |access-date=1 July 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is married to fellow Irish international bowler Donna McNally and they run the Ballybrakes bowls shop within the Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://associationofirishindoorbowls.co.uk/?page_id=1219 |title=Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club |publisher=Association Ireland Indoor Bowls |access-date=2018-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127085426/http://associationofirishindoorbowls.co.uk/?page_id=1219 |archive-date=2018-01-27 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{CGF profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCloy, Gary}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Northern Ireland Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls European Champions Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls