Donna McNally


Donna McCloy is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

International

McNally won the triples gold medal at the 1999 Atlantic Bowls Championships with Margaret Johnston and Dorothy Kane. Six years later she won the fours bronze medal at the 2005 Atlantic Championships.
She then won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.
After taking part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games she was selected as part of the Northern Ireland team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.

National

McNally won the 2000 pairs title at the Irish National Bowls Championships, bowling for the Comber Club. Twelve years later she won the 2012 fours title at the National Championships bowling for the Ballymena Bowls Club.
In 2016, McCloy won the finals in both the pairs and fours of the Provincial Towns Women's Bowling Association Championships. In 2022, she won a third national title after winning the triples.

Personal life

She is married to fellow Irish international bowler Gary McCloy and they run the Ballybrakes bowls shop within the Ballybrakes Community Bowls Club.