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1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March, 1976. Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean sweep of events by taking the pairs, triples and fours Gold which also help them lift the Leonard Trophy. Medallists Men's singles Round-robin results Final table Men's pairs Round-robin results Final table Men's triples Round-robin results Final table Men's fours Round-robin results Final table W. M. Leonard Trophy + more shots References {{World Outdoor Bowls Championships World Outdoor Bowls Championship World bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ... World Outdoor Bowls Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoo Lake
Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the ''Hermann Eckstein Park'' and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo. The Zoo Lake consists of two dams, an upper feeder dam, and a larger lower dam, both constructed in natural marshland watered by the Parktown Spruit. History The land was originally part of the Braamfontein farm, and was bought by banker and mining magnate Hermann Eckstein for potential exploitation of minerals. When this objective failed, Eckstein laid it out as a timber plantation and named it Sachsenwald, after Otto von Bismarck’s estate in Germany. The plantation was started in 1891, and about three million trees were planted in the area. The forest became a favourite recreational spot for the wealthy Randlords and their families. About 10 years after Eckstein died, in August 1903, the Mayor of Johannesburg, W. St. John Carr, received a letter from his business partners (the firm Messrs. Wernher Beit & Co and Max Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nando Gatti
Nando Gatti (1927-date of death unknown) was a former South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career World championships Gatti came to prominence in 1976 when he won the triples, fours and team gold medal at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. In the Triples with Kevin Campbell and Kelvin Lightfoot they won 14 of their 15 matches. In the fours with Campbell, Lightfoot and Bill Moseley they repeated the feat of winning 14 of the 15 matches played. The South African team completed a clean sweep of all events at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. The lawn bowlers from South Africa were denied further opportunities to win medals due to the Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. National Gatti won 13 gold medals at the sport of Bocce in Italy before emigrating to South Africa. He became a South African citizen in 1969 and in 1975 he won the South African National Bowls Championships The South African National Bowls Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Line (bowls)
Peter A Line is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career World Championships Line won the fours gold medal with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Ted Hayward at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. Four years later, he won two more medals: a bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Tommy Armstrong and a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Cup). Commonwealth Games Line won the gold medal in the pairs with Norman King during the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. National Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in Southampton, Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ..., and won the national s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John C Evans
John Charles Evans (born 24 March 1947 in Torquay) is an English former professional footballer and an international bowls player. Football career Evans began his footballing career as an apprentice with Torquay United, turning professional in April 1965. He made six league appearances as a winger, scoring once, before leaving Plainmoor. But his football career took second place to bowls. Bowls career He later became a regular member of the England bowls team, first capped in 1973, then winning a silver medal in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games pairs competition with Peter Line. He won a bronze medal in the fours with Bill Irish, Tommy Armstrong and Peter Line at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg in addition to a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Cup). He also won a silver in the pairs at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games The 1974 British Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1974 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Christchurch, New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Poole (bowls)
Keith Poole (24 April 1927 – 15 September 2012) was an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Poole won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop and Barry Salter and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He also won a silver medal in the team event four years later. Commonwealth Games Poole won a silver medal as part of the fours team with Robert King, Errol Bungey and Errol Stewart at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. Eight years later he skipped the four to a gold medal success in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. The gold medal winning team was Poole, Rob Dobbins, Bert Sharp and Don Sherman. Asia Pacific Championships He won a gold medal at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the 1985 fours at Tweed Heads, New South Wales Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales. It is located on the Tweed River i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Salter
Barry Salter (1936 - 2007) was an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Salter won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop and Keith Poole in addition to a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy), at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo .... State He represented New South Wales in 227 Tests References {{DEFAULTSORT:Salter, Barry 1936 births 2007 deaths Australian male bowls players Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales Sportsmen from New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Bishop (bowls)
Leigh Bishop (2 March 1922 – 26 February 2016) was an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Bishop won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Barry Salter and Keith Poole and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy), at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. Personal life He served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ..., and played a variety of sports before settling on lawn bowls in 1951. He died in 2016. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Leigh 1922 births 2016 deaths Australian male bowls players Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II People from Ulverstone, Tasmania Sportsmen from Tasmania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Higgins (bowls)
John Stewart Higgins (1940–2012) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career He started bowling aged 15 and won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He also won a bronze medal in fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He won the 1969 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 joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906 which pr ... singles. Higgins plied his trade with YRCD bowling club through all of his career. Since his death the CD Hall as it is known has been renovated and also incorporates the HUBB Community Resource Centre, where a mural proudly stands of John playing bowls for his club. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, John 1940 births 2012 deaths Male lawn bowls players from Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hull (bowls)
David G Hull (born 1944) is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. He won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo .... He was Irish bowler of the year in 1971. References Living people Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland 1944 births {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Murray (bowls)
William Murray is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Murray started bowling aged just 14 and won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He won the 1975 singles title at the 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 joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906 which pr ... when bowling for the Portrush Bowls Club. References Living people Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland 1940 births {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Provinces Flag
The following is a list of Irish counties' coats of arms. In the majority of cases these are arms assigned to county councils created by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 or later legislation, either by the Chief Herald of Ireland in what is now the Republic of Ireland or by the College of Arms in Northern Ireland. All but two county councils in the Republic have a coat of arms. In Northern Ireland county councils were abolished in 1973, but the traditional arms are still occasionally used. The arms of the county town have sometimes been used as an unofficial symbol of a county instead of those of its county council, or when the council had no arms. There are no official county flags. Flags with the GAA county colours and flags, GAA county colours serve as de facto county flags. County flags flown at Dublin Castle incorporate the county council arms, while those sold by the Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA county board include the county GAA crest. Coats of arms granted in rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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