Sammy Allen

Sammy Allen

Personal information
Nationality	Northern Ireland
Born	(1938-07-06) 6 July 1938 (age 78) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Medal record Representing  Northern Ireland &  Ireland Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Men's fours World Outdoor Championships 1984 Aberdeen Men's triples 1988 Auckland Men's fours 1992 Worthing pairs 1996 Adelaide Men's pairs

Sammy Allen is an Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.
Allen has been bowling since 1966 and has skipped a combined Ireland both indoors and outdoors. He won a Fours bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland. Allen also won a Gold Medal for the Triples in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen and a Fours Gold at the 1988 World Outdoor Championships in Auckland. Further success came when he won the 1996 World Outdoor Championships Pairs Gold in Adelaide with Jeremy Henry.

Allen still plays outdoors for the Ballymena Seniors team and his other achievements include winning the British isles Singles in 1980.