Alex Lightbody
{{short description|British lawn bowler}}
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Alex Lightbody (born 1966) is an international lawn bowler, who has represented Ireland (combined) and Northern Ireland at international level.
Bowls career
Lightbody won the Irish National Bowls Championships singles in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://irishbowlingassociation.co.uk/iba-national-championships-previous-winners/|title=IBA Singles winners|publisher=Irish Bowling Association}} Trailing in the final against Gary McCloy 14–9, he came back to secure a 21–15 victory. In doing so he became the first Bangor bowler since Billy Tate to win the title.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002341/19920906/462/0063 |title=Lightbody ends Bangor famine |date=6 September 1992|newspaper=Sunday Life |access-date=31 August 2021|page=63 |via=The British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
The 1992 Irish title qualified him for the 1993 British Isles Bowls Championships and he subsequently won the singles held in Worthing {{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council}} becoming the first Irish winner since David Corkill in 1980.{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501991452/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=089bd9db|title= 'Lightbody claims singles title' |date=7 July 1993 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=21 April 2021|page=36 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Other titles
- Northern Ireland Bowls Association (NIBA) singles title: 1992{{cite web|url=https://nibabowls.org/competitions-archives/past-winners-singles/|title=Past Winners – Open Singles|publisher=NIBA|access-date=31 August 2021}}
- Northern Ireland Bowls Association (NIBA) fours title: 1983{{cite web|url=https://nibabowls.org/competitions-archive/past-winners-fours/|title=Past-Winners-Fours | publisher=NIBA| access-date= 6 November 2021 }}
European ranking
Lightbody has a Professional Bowls Association European ranking of 96 in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.professionalbowlsassociation.com/branch-news/european-ranking-list/|title=european-ranking-list|publisher=Professional Bowls Association|access-date=5 September 2021}}
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