LIAM McHUGH

Make, model, size, colour of bowls used for each format:  

size 5 concorde for shortmat, black

Size 5 henselite for outdoor, black

 

Person who introduced you to bowls: my father

 

Who has been the biggest influence on your bowling career:

My brother Colum keeps me interested especially shortmat

 

Who would you most like to meet: Tiger Woods and friends

 

Interests outside bowls:

Watching most sports but especially gaelic football and cricket

 

Childhood Sporting hero: Frank McGuigan and Allan Border

 

Which clubs have you belonged to for each format:

Cooktown Parochial, Drumgor and St Patrick's, Magheralin in shortmat
Cookstown and Lurgan in outdoor
Co Antrim and Ballymoney in stadium

 

If you have changed clubs why did you move:

Got married & moved home

Major and National Titles:   

Shortmat

1 World title;  
1996 triples with Colum and James (McHugh)

4 British Isles titles;  
1995 pairs with Colum  
1996 triples with Colum and James  
2005 pairs with Colum
2009 triples with Colum and Damien McElroy  

6 Irish titles   
1993 pairs
1996 triples
2002 pairs and fours (Colum, Tommy Johnston and Sean Davidson)
2005 pairs
2009 triples

  

Outdoor

2 Irish titles 
1991 pairs with Sean Quinn 
2004 fours with Kieran Campbell, Tommy Johnston and Colin Hogg

6 provincial titles (NIPBA) 
1986 fours
1990 junior singles
1991 pairs
1997 pairs
2000 fours
2004 fours

  

 
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Full Name: William Martin McHugh

  

Nickname within bowls or on bowling green:

jock and Willie McShoe

  

Who, where, how did you get the nickname:

wibbly gave me the name jock 
McShoe is a long story but Ali Davison, Liam Conway and Arthur Guinness were involved

  

Place of Birth: Magherafelt  
DOB:3rd May 1964

  

Occupation: bricklayer

 

What format did you start playing: shortmat

 

Which was your first club:

Cookstown Parochial and Cookstown outdoor

 

Which formats have you played and which do you still play:

played all 3 at a time but gave up stadium years ago

 

Which format do you prefer to play:Outdoor

  

What reason:

It’s a real test especially with tricky greens and bad weather conditions

Most memorable moment:

Winning my first British Isles pairs title with Colum in 1995 in Dumfries

 

What do you regard as your best or most satisfying achievement in bowls:

Winning Irish outdoor pairs title win Sean Quinn (jr) in1991 and losing to Englands John Bell in the British Isles final by a shot

 

What goal[s] do you have in bowls:

Would love to win the Irish senior cup with Cookstown

 

At what age did you make your international debut in each format:

Shortmat 23

 

How many caps at international level:

Around 50 caps in shortmat

  

What year:1987 in Coleriane

 

What outdoor green is the best you have played on:

Dunbarton and Belmont on match rinks

 

Which short mat is the best you have played on:

Ardstraw

Most difficult opponent:

Kieran Campbell

 

Which opponent (if any) do you regularly play that usually beats you:

M McKeeman

 

What frustrates you most when playing:

Top players trying to put there opponents off

 

If you could change one policy/rule what would it be:

Would have to be outdoor giving away the jack

 

Would you be in favour of players forming their own think-tank and having a place on the management committee of each outdoor association including the IBA:

Yes

 

Do you think respected past and current internationals should be invited to have an input with the u25s, outdoor:

Yes

 

Who is the top five most promising prospects in each format:

Outdoor;Ali Davison, Dayne Jordan, Sean Quinn direct, Jonny Shephard and Damien McElroy

Shortmat; Mark Wilson, Trevor Turkington, Gerry McCabe, John Quinn and Aidan Corrigan

Other titles or near misses:   

Shortmat

5 Champion of Champions 
1 singles in 1990 
2 triples with Colum + James in 1994; with Colum and Keith Morrison in 1995
2 rinks with Colum, Tommy Johnston and Sean Davidson in 2002; with Colum, Ali Davison and Liam Conway in 2004

1991 3rd place in world singles  
1995 runner up in the national singles 
2005 runner-up national triples
2008 3rd place in world pairs with Keith McCullagh  
2009 runner-up in national singles  

7 inter zone titles

2 Irish club championships

 

Outdoor

Runner up in British Isles pairs final in 1992

Runner up in Irish pairs with Gerry O'Neil in 1997

8 provincial (NIPBA) league winners medals

7 Piggot cup medals

2 NIBA senior cup medals with Lurgan

1 runner medal in IBA senior cup 2009