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1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1984 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Westburn Park in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 11 to 28 July 1984. Peter Belliss won the singles defeating Willie Wood in the final. Wood qualified for the final because he finished with a seven-shot advantage in section A over David Bryant despite identical records of winning nine rounds each. United States won the pairs, Ireland won the triples and England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... won the fours. The Leonard Trophy went to Scotland. Medallists Results Men's singles – round robin ''Section A'' ''Section B'' ;Bronze medal match Bryant beat Williams 21–14. ;Gold medal match Belliss beat Wood 21–20. Men's pairs – round robin ''Section A'' + injury replacement ''Section B'' ;Bronze meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and has a population estimate of for the city of Aberdeen, and for the local council area making it the United Kingdom's 39th most populous built-up area. The city is northeast of Edinburgh and north of London, and is the northernmost major city in the United Kingdom. Aberdeen has a long, sandy coastline and features an oceanic climate, with cool summers and mild, rainy winters. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen's buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, which may sparkle like silver because of its high mica content. Since the discovery of North Sea oil in 1969, Aberdeen has been known as the offshore oil capital of Europe. Based upon the discovery of prehistoric villages around the mouths of the rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skippy Arculli
Skippy Arculli is a former United States international lawn and indoor bowler. Arculli won a gold medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen but his partner Jim Candelet fell ill during the competition and was unable to play in the final. He was replaced by the Scottish reserve George Adrain. He won born in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ... winning the National triples title in 1965. After emigrating to the United States he won four United States Championships, three in the singles (1978, 1981 & 1995) and one in the pairs (1983). A banking executive by trade he bowled for Essex County in Nutley, New Jersey. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Arculli, Skippy Living people Bowls World Champions American male bowls players Year of birth missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Scott (bowls)
Jim Scott (born 1950) is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player. Bowls career He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. Two years later he won a bronze in the triples and silver in the fours at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen. He won a triples bronze medal at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Suva, Fiji. He won the 1982 singles title and 1980 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ... when bowling for the Johnsonville Bowls Club. Personal life He was a bank official by trade. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Jim New Zealand male bowls players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Moffat
David Morgan Moffat (born 22 January 1943) is a Scottish-born New Zealand lawn and indoor bowler, who has won medals representing both Scotland and New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games. Bowls career Moffat was born in Scotland and won a bronze medal in the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch before emigrating the following year to New Zealand. He won another bronze in both the triples and fours in the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, but this time for New Zealand. The success continued as he won bronze in the triples and silver in the fours during the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Moffat also secured a fours silver in Edmonton during the 1978 Commonwealth Games and a fours silver in the 1982 Commonwealth Games. A gold medal finally came in 1988 when he won the triples at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowan Brassey
Rowan James Brassey (born 18 January 1956) is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player. Bowls career An earth-moving contractor by trade, Brassey's first national success was the 1980 New Zealand Open Pairs. He went on to win eight New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles in the pairs (1982) and the fours (1981, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2003 & 2012/13) when bowling for the Okahu Bay, Avondale and Cabramatta Bowls Clubs respectively. Brassey has competed at five World Bowls Championships, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 & 2000; winning gold in 1988 (pairs, with Peter Belliss), and in 2000 he won the gold medal with Andrew Curtain and Peter Belliss in the men's triples at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He has competed at six Commonwealth Games: 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. In 1990, Brassey was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In the 2001 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Boyle (bowls)
Jim Boyle (1935–2015) was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowls player. Boyle won a silver medal in the triples and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen. He made his Scottish international debut indoors in 1971 and outdoors in 1972. He competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ... in the men's fours event. References Scottish male bowls players 1935 births 2015 deaths Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Lambert
Doug Lambert is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowls player. Lambert (born 1946) won a silver medal in the triples and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen. He played for the Bridge of Earn club in Perthshire Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, .... References Scottish male bowls players 1947 births Living people {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Rattray
Brian Rattray (born 1950) is a Scottish former international lawn and indoor bowls player. Rattray won a silver medal in the triples and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen. He represented Scotland in the fours at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. He was the singles champion at the 1982 Scottish National Bowls Championships which meant that he represented Scotland the following year at the British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, England Scotland, Wales, combined Ireland and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did .... References 1950 births Scottish male bowls players Living people {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Baker (bowls)
Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Baker was born in Belfast on 18 February 1958. After finishing runner-up in the 1982 World Indoor Bowls Championship he went one better in 1984 clinching the World Indoor title. Baker was part of the Gold Medal-winning triples for the combined Irish team in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and Gold Medal-winning fours in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In the 2004 World Championships he won a third gold medal for the combined Irish team, in the fours with Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham and Neil Booth and a silver medal with Noel Graham in the pairs during the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In addition Baker has won two Commonwealth Games medals. At national level he also won the 1989 Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally the game was played mainly in Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Allen
Samuel Barnett Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938. Bowls career 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 Bowls Championships in 1980 and the 1979 Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Espie
Stan Espie is a former Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Espie won the gold medal in the triples event with teammates Sammy Allen and Jim Baker at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen. He also represented Northern Ireland in the 1978 Commonwealth Games and 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1984 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Westburn Park in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 11 to 28 July 1984. Peter Belliss won the singles defeating Willie Wood in the final. Wood qualified for the final because he finished with a se .... He was an insurance agent by trade and has won the Irish National championships indoors and outdoors. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Espie, Stan Irish male lawn bowls players Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Living people Sportspeople from Belfast Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland Bowls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
