Hilda Hamilton

Hilda Hamilton is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Hamilton was initially a member of the Belfast Bowls Club and represented the combined Ireland team at international level. She also bowled indoors.
She was the singles champion of Ireland at the 1983 Irish National Bowls Championships. and went on to win five more titles in the triples and fours. She subsequently qualified to represent Ireland at the British Isles Bowls Championships, winning the fours title in 1985 and 1986 and triples in 1988. The last of her national titles was with the Saintfield Bowls Club.
Hamilton represented the Northern Irish team at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she competed in the fours event, with Kathleen Megrath, Nan Allely and Maureen Mallon.
At the 1990 British Isles Championships Hamilton and fellow bowler Eileen Bell were forced to concede their matches due to the ban on the third Irish bowler Kathleen Megrath.