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Ivan Craig

Ireland
Merit 491
Comp 25
Played 174
Won 79
Draw 10
Lost 85
Win % 45.40

Ivan Craig

Ireland
Ranking
571
Merit
491
25
Tournaments
174
Matches
79
Wins
10
Draws
85
Losses
45.40
Win %
2
Tournaments
7
Matches
2
Wins
0
Draws
5
Losses
28.57
Win %

Ranking History

Order of Merit History

Competition Record

P W D L W %
Belfast Open 3 1 0 2 33.33
English Masters 7 5 1 1 71.43
Irish Open 78 37 3 38 47.44
UK Open 18 10 2 6 55.56
World Masters 71 27 4 40 38.03

Season Record

P W D L W %
12/13 6 4 1 1 66.67
13/14 16 8 0 8 50.00
14/15 29 19 2 8 65.52
15/16 13 8 1 4 61.54
16/17 15 11 2 2 73.33
17/18 15 9 1 5 60.00
18/19 27 13 2 12 48.15
19/20 6 2 0 4 33.33
22/23 12 1 0 11 8.33
23/24 14 3 0 11 21.43
24/25 12 1 0 11 8.33
25/26 12 1 1 10 8.33

Biggest Wins

World Masters 2018 Group 08
Khan Tahir Iqbal --
28 - 2
World Masters 2013 Group 18
Jonathan Brady --
25 - 3
Irish Open 2014 Group 10
Paula Geens 118
21 - 1

Biggest Losses

Irish Open 2024 Group 30
Paul Noble 360
1 - 27
World Masters 2026 Group 09
Ewen Bell --
2 - 24
World Masters 2026 Group 09
Joseph Peters 96
2 - 23

Last Competition

World Masters

World Masters 2026

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
25 Apr - 26 Apr 2026
Ranking
592
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Sharon Bingham --
10 - 13
Group 09
Ewen Bell --
2 - 24
Group 09
Caroline Trubshaw 180
8 - 8
Group 09
Andrew Leckey 92
12 - 18
Group 09
Joseph Peters 96
2 - 23
Group 09
Joan Donaldson 547
14 - 8

Ranking History

Date Rank
Sunday 26 April 2026 571
Sunday 22 February 2026 592
Sunday 11 January 2026 607
Sunday 19 October 2025 592
Sunday 14 September 2025 581
Sunday 24 August 2025 584
Sunday 27 April 2025 530
Sunday 16 March 2025 538
Sunday 09 February 2025 538
Sunday 05 January 2025 560
Sunday 20 October 2024 560
Sunday 15 September 2024 551
Sunday 25 August 2024 558
Sunday 21 April 2024 560
Sunday 11 February 2024 630
Sunday 07 January 2024 629
Sunday 22 October 2023 616
Sunday 17 September 2023 521
Sunday 27 August 2023 505
Sunday 23 April 2023 519
Sunday 12 February 2023 537
Sunday 08 January 2023 530
Sunday 23 October 2022 508
Sunday 18 September 2022 381
Sunday 28 August 2022 358
Sunday 09 February 2020 259
Sunday 12 January 2020 259
Monday 28 October 2019 261
Sunday 15 September 2019 260
Sunday 25 August 2019 209
Sunday 07 April 2019 196
Sunday 10 February 2019 109
Sunday 13 January 2019 101
Sunday 28 October 2018 96
Sunday 16 September 2018 88
Sunday 26 August 2018 56
Sunday 22 April 2018 62
Sunday 11 February 2018 59
Sunday 14 January 2018 58
Sunday 29 October 2017 56
Sunday 17 September 2017 56
Sunday 20 August 2017 53
Sunday 23 April 2017 53
Sunday 05 February 2017 70
Sunday 15 January 2017 47
Sunday 30 October 2016 46
Sunday 18 September 2016 46
Sunday 21 August 2016 42
Sunday 17 April 2016 32
Sunday 07 February 2016 38
Sunday 10 January 2016 30
Sunday 01 November 2015 21
Sunday 20 September 2015 17
Sunday 23 August 2015 29
Sunday 19 April 2015 16
Sunday 01 February 2015 12
Sunday 11 January 2015 22
Sunday 19 October 2014 9
Sunday 21 September 2014 3
Sunday 24 August 2014 16

Competition Record

Belfast Open

Belfast Open

P W D L W%
Overall 3 1 0 2 33.33
Stage
Group Stage 2 1 0 1 50.00
Knockouts 1 0 -- 1 0.00
Knockouts
Cup Knockouts 1 0 -- 1 0.00
Plate Knockouts -- -- -- -- --
Shield Knockouts -- -- -- -- --
English Masters

English Masters

P W D L W%
Overall 7 5 1 1 71.43
Stage
Group Stage 5 4 1 0 80.00
Knockouts 2 1 -- 1 50.00
Knockouts
Cup Knockouts 2 1 -- 1 50.00
Plate Knockouts -- -- -- -- --
Shield Knockouts -- -- -- -- --
Irish Open

Irish Open

P W D L W%
Overall 78 37 3 38 47.44
Stage
Group Stage 55 25 3 27 45.45
Knockouts 23 12 -- 11 52.17
Knockouts
Cup Knockouts 8 4 -- 4 50.00
Plate Knockouts 1 0 -- 1 0.00
Shield Knockouts 14 8 -- 6 57.14
UK Open

UK Open

P W D L W%
Overall 18 10 2 6 55.56
Stage
Group Stage 10 4 2 4 40.00
Knockouts 8 6 -- 2 75.00
Knockouts
Cup Knockouts 3 2 -- 1 66.67
Plate Knockouts -- -- -- -- --
Shield Knockouts 5 4 -- 1 80.00
World Masters

World Masters

P W D L W%
Overall 71 27 4 40 38.03
Stage
Group Stage 55 22 4 29 40.00
Knockouts 16 5 -- 11 31.25
Knockouts
Cup Knockouts 5 1 -- 4 20.00
Plate Knockouts 4 2 -- 2 50.00
Shield Knockouts 7 2 -- 5 28.57

Matches

World Masters

World Masters 2026

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
25 Apr - 26 Apr 2026
Singles
Ranking
592
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Sharon Bingham -- England
10 - 13
Group 09
Ewen Bell -- Cyprus
2 - 24
Group 09
Caroline Trubshaw 180 England
8 - 8
Group 09
Andrew Leckey 92 Ireland
12 - 18
Group 09
Joseph Peters 96 England
2 - 23
Group 09
Joan Donaldson 547 Ireland
14 - 8
Irish Open

Irish Open 2025

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
13 Sep - 14 Sep 2025
Singles
Ranking
584
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Noel Dempster -- Ireland
11 - 13
Group 32
Alan McCombe 393 Ireland
8 - 15
Group 32
Katrine McDermott 450 Ireland
5 - 14
Group 32
Sibe Laureys 14 Belgium
7 - 21
Group 32
Shane Hand 71 Ireland
8 - 18
Group 32
Dean Craig 174 Ireland
10 - 15
World Masters

World Masters 2025

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
26 Apr - 27 Apr 2025
Singles
Ranking
538
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Mark Lowry -- Ireland
8 - 14
Group 28
Luke Benson -- Ireland
7 - 8
Group 28
Alan Braniff 276 Wales
4 - 17
Group 28
Alexander Magowan 205 Ireland
10 - 12
Group 28
Paul Seaman 25 England
5 - 20
Group 28
Kelvin Anderson -- Scotland
7 - 10
Irish Open

Irish Open 2024

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
14 Sep - 15 Sep 2024
Singles
Ranking
558
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Gary Burke 180 Ireland
5 - 12
Group 30
Steve Burrows 64 England
5 - 18
Group 30
Janis McLaughlin 253 Ireland
6 - 11
Group 30
Noel Hall 453 Ireland
10 - 8
Group 30
Paul Noble 360 Ireland
1 - 27
Group 30
James Stevenson 104 Ireland
6 - 16
World Masters

World Masters 2024

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
20 Apr - 21 Apr 2024
Singles
Ranking
630
Shield Knockout - Last 16
Scott White 171 Scotland
2 - 12
Shield Knockout - Last 32
Jan Seidler 657 Cyprus
12 - 3
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Alastair Ritchie 208 Scotland
10 - 2
Group 12
Ann Patton 395 Ireland
2 - 11
Group 12
Betty Ding 756 England
16 - 8
Group 12
Stephen Proctor 16 England
1 - 20
Group 12
Hannah Cochrane 219 Ireland
4 - 23
Group 12
Gethin Edwards 103 Wales
8 - 16
Irish Open

Irish Open 2023

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
16 Sep - 17 Sep 2023
Singles
Ranking
505
Shield Knockout - Last 128
Ian McElroy 304 Ireland
4 - 9
Group 04
Kevin McNamee 95 Ireland
8 - 14
Group 04
Jamie Crozier 190 Ireland
4 - 14
Group 04
Dáire Trainor -- Ireland
8 - 10
Group 04
Nigel Froud 61 England
6 - 12
Group 04
Finbar Maguire 542 Ireland
1 - 20
World Masters

World Masters 2023

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
22 Apr - 23 Apr 2023
Singles
Ranking
537
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Robin Gamble 223 Ireland
6 - 11
Group 22
Stevie McCall -- Ireland
8 - 15
Group 22
Mitchell Young 26 England
4 - 16
Group 22
Nigel Hamilton 218 Ireland
3 - 12
Group 22
Eroll Morina 236 Sweden
4 - 15
Group 22
Nathan Nixon 511 Ireland
4 - 14
Irish Open

Irish Open 2022

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
17 Sep - 18 Sep 2022
Singles
Ranking
358
Shield Knockout - Last 32
Sara Johnston 484 Ireland
8 - 9
Group 14
David McBride 183 Ireland
1 - 20
Group 14
Adam Dyche 205 Ireland
5 - 15
Group 14
Gerard Moen 170 Ireland
3 - 16
Group 14
Rebecca Gilroy 416 Ireland
8 - 13
Group 14
Michael McKim 310 Ireland
11 - 4
Irish Open

Irish Open 2019

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
14 Sep - 15 Sep 2019
Singles
Ranking
209
Plate Knockout - Last 128
Kevin McNamee 321 Ireland
5 - 11
Group 15
Kenny McClintock -- Ireland
6 - 13
Group 15
Fahad Ali 531 United Arab Emirates
9 - 8
Group 15
Andrew Jones 24 Wales
10 - 9
Group 15
Jonathan Payne 5 Belgium
3 - 17
Group 15
Andrew Shorney 43 England
7 - 11
World Masters

World Masters 2019

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
06 Apr - 07 Apr 2019
Singles
Ranking
109
Shield Knockout - Last 128
Colin Roche -- Ireland
8 - 10
Group 32
Richard Truell 186 Ireland
10 - 5
Group 32
Alex Kley 18 England
3 - 14
Group 32
Sean Conroy 111 Ireland
9 - 10
Group 32
James Rutledge -- Ireland
4 - 12
Group 32
Gethin Edwards 77 Wales
7 - 8
Belfast Open

Belfast Open 2019

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
05 Apr - 06 Apr 2019
Pairs
Ranking
297
Plate Knockout - Last 16
Playing Partner Seamus  McMath 251 Ireland
Eddie Clyde -- Ireland Glenn Devenney -- Ireland
6 - 8
Plate Knockout - Last 32
Playing Partner Seamus  McMath 251 Ireland
Tom Brady 251 Ireland Roger Hammond 429 France
16 - 5
Group 11
Playing Partner Seamus  McMath 251 Ireland
Terry Crawford 3 Ireland Nathan Haire 1 Ireland
1 - 21
Group 11
Playing Partner Seamus  McMath 251 Ireland
Bronagh Toleman -- Ireland Pauline Beattie 11 Ireland
3 - 15
Irish Open

Irish Open 2018

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
15 Sep - 16 Sep 2018
Singles
Ranking
56
Shield Knockout - Final
Tone Bøe 20 Norway
4 - 13
Shield Knockout - Semi-Final
Uel Finlay 224 Ireland
10 - 4
Shield Knockout - Quarter-Final
Michael McKim 538 Ireland
9 - 6
Shield Knockout - Last 16
Trevor Stubbs 654 Ireland
7 - 4
Shield Knockout - Last 32
Jordan Sheaffer -- Ireland
11 - 5
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Mark McHugh 121 England
9 - 5
Group 33
Jonathan Barnes 214 Ireland
11 - 12
Group 33
Frank Cunningham 218 Ireland
10 - 6
Group 33
Ian Hobson 70 Ireland
4 - 13
Group 33
Zoe Minish 484 Ireland
7 - 9
Group 33
Mark Chittock 47 England
13 - 4
UK Open

UK Open 2018

Falcon Indoor Bowls Club
25 Aug - 26 Aug 2018
Singles
Ranking
62
Shield Knockout - Semi-Final
John Pye 103 England
10 - 11
Shield Knockout - Quarter-Final
Dave Wooller -- England
13 - 7
Shield Knockout - Last 16
Philip Banner -- England
10 - 9
Shield Knockout - Last 32
Christine Holland 279 Isle of Man
11 - 9
Shield Knockout - Last 64
Robert Kristiansen 218 Norway
13 - 8
Group 18
Glenn Harvey 18 Ireland
7 - 16
Group 18
Steve Puttock 29 England
7 - 8
Group 18
Bent Nielsen 101 Denmark
10 - 10
Group 18
Rob Wade -- England
11 - 11
Group 18
Jamie Cochrane -- Ireland
14 - 6
World Masters

World Masters 2018

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
21 Apr - 22 Apr 2018
Singles
Ranking
59
Cup Knockout - Last 128
Seamus McMath 125 Ireland
5 - 13
Group 08
Shauna O'Neill 169 Ireland
7 - 6
Group 08
Mike Wright 66 England
9 - 13
Group 08
Shea Martin -- Ireland
10 - 7
Group 08
Khan Tahir Iqbal -- United Arab Emirates
28 - 2
Group 08
Roger Hammond 279 France
9 - 5
Belfast Open

Belfast Open 2018

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
20 Apr - 21 Apr 2018
Pairs
Ranking
216
Cup Knockout - Last 64
Playing Partner Seamus  McMath -- Ireland
Joel Häger -- Sweden Jonathan Payne 5 Belgium
11 - 12
Group 30
Playing Partner Seamus  McMath -- Ireland
Niall Hand -- Ireland Jason Hand -- Ireland
6 - 14
Group 30
Playing Partner Seamus  McMath -- Ireland
Mark Courtney -- England William Fullerton -- Ireland
8 - 6
Irish Open

Irish Open 2017

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
16 Sep - 17 Sep 2017
Singles
Ranking
53
Cup Knockout - Last 64
Pauline Beattie 16 Ireland
1 - 12
Group 04
Theresa Cushnahan 484 Ireland
7 - 7
Group 04
James Robinson 212 Ireland
11 - 6
Group 04
David Bonner 191 Ireland
8 - 7
Group 04
Trevor Boyd 294 Ireland
14 - 4
Group 04
Michael Reid 399 Ireland
11 - 7
World Masters

World Masters 2017

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
22 Apr - 23 Apr 2017
Singles
Ranking
70
Cup Knockout - Last 64
Francis Farmer 408 Ireland
9 - 11
Cup Knockout - Last 128
Declan McCann -- Ireland
10 - 3
Group 23
Aidan Conroy 170 Ireland
10 - 8
Group 23
Rachel Cochrane -- Ireland
8 - 8
Group 23
John Lax 36 England
19 - 3
Group 23
Trevor Steele -- Ireland
11 - 11
Group 23
Ciara Deighan 505 Ireland
11 - 6
Irish Open

Irish Open 2016

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
17 Sep - 18 Sep 2016
Singles
Ranking
42
Cup Knockout - Last 16
Alan Paul 217 Ireland
3 - 14
Cup Knockout - Last 32
Cecil Dillon 19 Ireland
10 - 7
Cup Knockout - Last 64
Robert Allen -- Ireland
10 - 5
Group 21
Joe Corrigan -- Ireland
11 - 7
Group 21
Seamus McMath 173 Ireland
8 - 7
Group 21
Derek McCann 132 Ireland
12 - 6
Group 21
Derek Johnston 464 Ireland
14 - 7
Group 21
Nigel Charles 45 Ireland
10 - 5
World Masters

World Masters 2016

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
16 Apr - 17 Apr 2016
Singles
Ranking
38
Cup Knockout - Last 128
Andrew Leckey 79 Ireland
9 - 11
Group 01
Ciaran Green 277 Ireland
13 - 2
Group 01
William Devenney -- Ireland
9 - 11
Group 01
James Johnston -- Ireland
10 - 7
Group 01
Steve Pomeroy -- England
9 - 8
Group 01
Paul Bax 54 England
6 - 10
Irish Open

Irish Open 2015

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
19 Sep - 20 Sep 2015
Singles
Ranking
29
Cup Knockout - Last 16
Shane Hand 148 Ireland
6 - 8
Cup Knockout - Last 32
Gary McNabb 15 Ireland
7 - 6
Group 27
Angus Barnes 139 Ireland
17 - 3
Group 27
Theresa Cushnahan -- Ireland
10 - 2
Group 27
Brendan Murphy 348 Ireland
10 - 9
Group 27
Dom Reed 11 England
8 - 6
Group 27
Christopher Wylie -- Ireland
7 - 7
World Masters

World Masters 2015

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
18 Apr - 19 Apr 2015
Singles
Ranking
12
Plate Knockout - Last 64
Martyn Craig 35 Ireland
9 - 14
Plate Knockout - Last 128
Malcolm Cunningham 88 Ireland
12 - 8
Group 12
Robbie Foster 141 Ireland
11 - 8
Group 12
Nigel Charles 139 Ireland
0 - 20
Group 12
Aaron Taylor 116 Ireland
2 - 13
Group 12
Michael Fitsimons 123 Ireland
12 - 8
Group 12
Aled Humphreys 59 Wales
14 - 10
English Masters

English Masters 2015

Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Club
31 Jan - 01 Feb 2015
Singles
Ranking
22
Cup Knockout - Last 32
Bronagh Toleman 162 Ireland
7 - 13
Cup Knockout - Last 64
Nick Evans -- Wales
10 - 8
Group 03
Richard Payne 174 England
17 - 6
Group 03
Nigel Nicholls 152 England
13 - 10
Group 03
Bent Nielsen -- Denmark
15 - 7
Group 03
Lee Lowery -- England
11 - 11
Group 03
Craig Evans -- Wales
14 - 6
Irish Open

Irish Open 2014

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
20 Sep - 21 Sep 2014
Singles
Ranking
16
Cup Knockout - Last 16
Sean Conroy -- Ireland
7 - 13
Cup Knockout - Last 32
Mark Beattie 2 Ireland
11 - 10
Group 10
Sibe Laureys 74 Belgium
9 - 9
Group 10
Derrick Spratt -- Ireland
12 - 10
Group 10
Jim Teague -- Ireland
15 - 4
Group 10
Paula Geens 118 Belgium
21 - 1
Group 10
Jenny Nesbitt -- Ireland
20 - 3
UK Open

UK Open 2014

Bromsgrove Indoor Bowls Club
23 Aug - 24 Aug 2014
Singles
Ranking
--
Cup Knockout - Last 16
Allan Williams -- England
10 - 14
Cup Knockout - Last 32
Joel Häger -- Sweden
18 - 9
Cup Knockout - Last 64
Pauline Beattie -- Ireland
12 - 5
Group 23
Luke Haddon -- Wales
11 - 10
Group 23
Jake Attrill -- England
5 - 15
Group 23
Adam Easthope -- England
14 - 7
Group 23
Edward Dyer -- England
8 - 11
Group 23
Richard Ivings -- England
11 - 5
World Masters

World Masters 2014

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
12 Apr - 13 Apr 2014
Singles
Ranking
--
Plate Knockout - Last 64
Ryan Nixon -- Ireland
8 - 11
Plate Knockout - Last 128
Angus Barnes -- Ireland
13 - 10
Group 17
Fra Dillon -- Ireland
7 - 13
Group 17
Nigel Reed -- England
8 - 13
Group 17
Rodney McCutcheon -- Ireland
9 - 12
Group 17
Danny McLaughlin -- Ireland
17 - 5
Group 17
Norman Noble -- Ireland
12 - 7
Irish Open

Irish Open 2013

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
14 Sep - 15 Sep 2013
Singles
Ranking
--
Shield Knockout - Semi-Final
Hugh Trainor -- Ireland
5 - 13
Shield Knockout - Quarter-Final
Simon Donaghy -- Ireland
14 - 7
Shield Knockout - Last 16
Damian Mcallister -- Ireland
9 - 7
Shield Knockout - Last 32
Thomas Mcaleavey -- Ireland
15 - 8
Group 04
Ian Irwin -- Ireland
10 - 9
Group 04
Pat McKenna -- Ireland
10 - 11
Group 04
Paddy Hanlon -- Ireland
8 - 17
Group 04
Marty Trainor -- Ireland
9 - 10
Group 04
Alan Brown -- Ireland
8 - 6
World Masters

World Masters 2013

Belfast Indoor Bowls Club
13 Apr - 14 Apr 2013
Singles
Ranking
--
Cup Knockout - Last 64
William Boggs -- Ireland
5 - 16
Group 18
Scott Jess -- Ireland
11 - 8
Group 18
Bente Dahlgren -- Sweden
13 - 7
Group 18
Cecil Dillon -- Ireland
10 - 10
Group 18
P.J Gallagher -- Ireland
11 - 9
Group 18
Jonathan Brady -- Ireland
25 - 3

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