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Australian Open (bowls)
The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are organised by Bowls Australia. Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during the 1910 Carnival of bowls that South Australia proposed the formation of the Australian Bowling Council (consisting of the six states) which duly formed the following year in 1911. The first National Singles Championships were held in 1913, with each state holding the Championships in turn. The Championships were also known as the Carnival at one stage. The Championships were not held for a twelve year period from 2005 until 2016 when the Australian Open effectively replaced the National Championships. They returned in 2017 at the Club Sapphire Merimbula. The Championships were severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowls Australia
Bowls Australia is the governing body for the sport of bowls in Australia. Bowls Australia is responsible for the leadership, development and management of lawn bowls in Australia. It is a not-for-profit organisation governed by a voluntary board that provides the strategic direction for the sport and the strategies that are implemented by the staff at the national office. Bowls Australia's members are the nine state and territory bowls associations. There are over 2,000 clubs and 240,000 registered participants affiliated with member states and territories. In addition there are many social bowlers participating in competitions across Australia. Bowls Australia is affiliated with World Bowls and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association where it is a core sport in the Commonwealth Games held every four years. History In 1911, Bowls Australia, originally known as the Australian Bowling Council, was formed at conference of state delegates in Melbourne. The first Australia ... [...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] |
Ian Schuback
Ian David Schuback (born 4 September 1952) is a former Australian lawn and indoor bowler. Biography Schuback bowled for the Coolangatta club in Queensland and was also a former professional tennis coach. He started bowling in 1980 after watching the Melbourne World Outdoor Championships. Schuback claimed a Men's Singles silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and then won the 1988 World Indoor Bowls Championship and the 1990 Commonwealth Games Pairs titles. He won the 1992 World Indoor Bowls Championships Singles, the 1994 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs and the 1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs. He won two silver medals at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, in Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ..., Hong Kong. References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Johnston (bowls)
Rex Johnston (born 1950) is an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships Johnston won two bronze medals in the pairs and fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He won a silver medal in the triples at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. Commonwealth Games In addition he has appeared at four Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and a silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and won he pairs title at the Australian National Bowls Championships in 1987. Other He won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including six gold medals. In 1989, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title. Coaching and awards He coached Malta at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and from 2009-11 he was the Australian National Coach. In October 2017 he was entered into the Bowls Australia Bowls Australia is the governing body for the sport of bowls in Australia. Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Katunarich
Dennis Katunarich (born 1950) is a former Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career Katunarich won seven medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including three gold medals in the 1987 pairs at Lae in Papua New Guinea and the 1989 pairs and fours in Suva, Fiji. He lost out on a bronze medal in the fours with Denis Dalton, Ken Woods and Rex Johnston at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ... when being beaten by New Zealand. He bowls for the Osborne Park Bowling Club. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Katunarich, Dennis Australian male bowls players 1950 births Living people Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Yates (bowls)
Jim Yates is a former Australian lawn and indoor bowler and coach, born in Corowa, New South Wales on 11 October 1934. Bowls career Yates partnered Ian Schuback when he won the 1988 World Indoor Bowls Championship The 1988 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Alexandra Palace, London, England, from 5 to 13 March 1988. The event moved to the newly rebuilt Alexandra Palace from the Coatbridge indoor bowling club. Seeds were introduced for th ... Pairs. He won the Australian Singles Championship in 1979 and the Adelaide Masters in 1983, 1984 and 1987. Additionally he has won ten Club Singles Championships and played 211 games for the Victorian State team. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yates, Jim Australian male bowls players 1934 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales Indoor Bowls World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Sandercock
Alfred 'Alf' Norman Sandercock (1924-2007) was an Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career World Bowls Championship Sandercock won the pairs gold medal at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Frankston, Victoria with bowls partner Peter Rheuben. He also won a silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ... in the team event (Leonard Trophy). National Sandercock was the 1978 National Singles champion and represented Australia 73 times and South Australia 198 times. Awards He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandercock, Alf Australian male bowls players Bowls World Champions 1924 births 2007 deaths Sportsmen from South Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Bransky
Cecil Bransky (born 15 May 1942) is a former lawn and indoor international bowler. Bowls career Cecil was born in South Africa and reached the 1971 South African National Bowls Championships singles final and one year later went one better by winning it, bowling for Balfour Park, South Transvaal. Later he moved to Israel and won twelve national titles. He was the 1985 World Indoor Bowls Championship runner up. He won a Gold medal in the triples during the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championships. Because he moved to Israel he was able to compete in international competition despite the South African ban during his active years. In 1993, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Jeff Rabkin Jeff Rabkin (born 1958 in South Africa) is a former Israel international bowls player. Bowls career Born in South Africa he started playing aged 18 and after emigrating to Israel in 1985 he won the Israeli national title seven times and the maste .... References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Parrella
Robert Parrella (born 9 June 1944) is an Italian born, Australian international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Commonwealth Games Born in Italy Rob came to prominence when winning a silver medal in the 1982 Commonwealth Games behind Willie Wood. Despite this success he fell out of favour with the Australian selectors and it was not until 1989 that he represented his country again. In the 1990 Commonwealth Games he won the singles Gold and in the 1994 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the singles. World Championships He only competed in one World Outdoor Championship in 1992. Asia Pacific Championships He has won three gold medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in 1989 (singles and pairs) and 1991 (singles). National He has twice been Australian National Bowls Championships The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are organised by Bowls Australia. Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Woods
Ken Woods (born 1942) is a former Australian international lawn bowler. He lost out on a bronze medal in the fours with Denis Dalton, Dennis Katunarich and Rex Johnston at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ... after being defeated by New Zealand in the bronze play off match. He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame. References Australian male bowls players 1942 births Living people Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia 20th-century Australian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Williams (bowls)
Kenny Williams (date of birth unknown - 2012) was an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Williams won a bronze medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen with bowls partner Bob Middleton. He played for Culburra Bowls Club in New South Wales. He won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, all four medals were gold medals in the 1987 singles and triples, in Lae, Papua New Guinea and the 1989 tripels and fours in Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ..., Fiji. Williams who died in 1992 was posthumously inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Kenny Australian male bowls players Year of birth missing 2012 deaths Place of birth missing ... [...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] |