McKeown and Kelly win men’s pairs gold after tiebreakImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gary Kelly and Adam McKeown secured Northern Ireland’s third gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in GlasgowByNigel RinglandBBC Sport NI Senior Journalist in GlasgowPublished27 minutes agoNorthern Ireland bowlers Adam McKeown and Gary Kelly have won Commonwealth Games gold in the men’s pairs after a dramatic extra-end win over England’s Nick Brett and Jamie Walker.McKeown and Kelly won the first set 6-2 but Brett and Walker won the second 6-2 to level – before the Northern Ireland pair prevailed to win the tiebreak 1-0.It is a third gold medal for Northern Ireland at the Games in Glasgow after Kate O’Connor won the heptathlon and Jon McConnell’s men’s 70kg boxing success on Saturday.It is a fourth Commonwealth medal for Kelly, and he finally adds gold to the bronze medals he won earlier in the Games in the singles and in Delhi in 2020, and his silver in Birmingham four years ago.It is a second gold for McKeown after he won the fours with Northern Ireland in 2022.It is also a third bowls medal at the Games in Glasgow after Kelly’s singles medal and a third-place finish for Chloe Wilson and Shauna O’Neill in the women’s pairs.Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games
