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List Of Commonwealth Games Medallists In Lawn Bowls
This is the complete list of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls from 1930 to 2018. Men's Men's singles Men's pairs Men's triples Men's fours Women's Women's singles Women's pairs Women's triples Women's fours Para-sport Men's visually impaired singles Women's visually impaired singles Mixed pairs Open triples See also *World Bowls Events *Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games ReferencesResults Database from the Commonwealth Games Federation {{Bowls Competitions Lists of Commonwealth Games medallists, Lawn Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games, Medalists Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls, * Bowls-related lists, Commonw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 (cancelled due to World War II), have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men's and women's medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men. Inspired by the Inter-Empire Championships, part of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinky Danilowitz
Abraham Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz, was a South African international bowls player who won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Bowls career At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the gold medal in the singles event. He also won the 1957 singles at the National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ... bowling for the Kadimah Krugersdorp Bowls Club. Personal life He was a Timber Merchant by trade. References South African male bowls players Bowls players at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls 1908 births Year of death missing Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub ... [...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] |
John Russell Evans
John Russell Evans (born 1935) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. He also won a bronze medal in singles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. He joined the Barry Athletic Bowls Club in 1951 and is a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the singles in 1976 & 1977 and the fours in 1963 & 1969. He has also won two 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 ... titles, the singles in 1978 and the fours in 1964. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, John Russell 1935 births Living people Welsh male bowls players Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Snell (bowls)
Sydney John Snell (born 1934) is a former Australian international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won double silver at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Frankston; in the team event (Leonard Trophy) and the singles competition. He also won a silver medal in the singles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apar ... in Edmonton. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Snell, John 1934 births Living people Australian male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Wood (bowler)
William Walker Wood MBE (born 26 April 1938 in Haddington, East Lothian) is a former Scottish professional bowls player, who has mainly competed in the outdoor or lawn form of the game. He is regarded as one of the leading bowlers of his generation and his list of achievements include appearing at eight Commonwealth Games and winning two gold medals and eight World Bowls Championship gold medals. Early life Wood took up bowls at the age of 12, perhaps unsurprisingly as his father, grandfather and mother all played the sport. With little else to occupy his time, Wood says he elected to bowl in his home village of Gifford, rather than brave the bus journey to the swimming baths at nearby North Berwick. Wood undertook his national service with the British Army, joining aged 18, serving in Germany with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He later ran his own garage before concentrating on bowls. Bowls career World Championships Wood has won sixteen medals at the World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive White (bowls)
Clive White (born 1928) is a former Australian international lawn bowler. He won a silver medal in the singles at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. He was the 1972 Australian champion winning the singles at the 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 the 1910 Carnival of bowls that South Australia proposed the formation of .... References 1928 births Living people Australian male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Fulton
Robert Fulton (14 June 1916 – 29 September 2000) was a Scottish international lawn bowler who represented Ireland. Bowls career Fulton represented a combined Ireland team at the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 and won a bronze medal in the singles at the championship. In addition he won a bronze medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and represented Northern Ireland at the Lawn Bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. Fulton was also seven time singles champion at the Irish National Bowls Championships (1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965 1967, 1971) in addition to six pairs (1951, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1973). He also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1968. Personal life and death Fulton was born in Whiteinch, Glasgow on 14 June 1916, to Robert Fulton Sr. and Mary Fulton (née Hutchinson). He was a rugby player at Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Bryce
Neal Bryce is a retired Zambian international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a silver medal in the singles at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian .... References Living people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Zambia Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{Zambia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Bradley (bowls)
Alan D. Bradley (born 1926) is a former international lawn bowler who competed for Rhodesia. Bowls career Bradley won two bronze medals in the fours and singles competitions at the Commonwealth Games. They came in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver and the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is .... Personal life His father Charles 'Stewart' Bradley was a Rhodesian international lawn bowler and he was a civil engineer by trade. References 1926 births Possibly living people Zimbabwean male bowls players Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Southern Rhodesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Black (bowls)
Joseph Watson Black (1909-1988) was a Scottish international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won two silver medals in the singles and fours at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth with Thomas Hamill, William Moore and Michael Purdon. He holds the Scottish National Men's Singles Championship record equally with Robert Sprot Robert Sprot (1873-1947) was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games. Bowls career At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the singles event. He was capped 33 times and was t ..., David Dall and Darren Burnett, with three titles which he won in 1958, 1959 and 1962. Trade He was a miner by trade being the pit deputy at the Fauld Hill Pit in Dumfries and Galloway. References 1900s births 1988 deaths Scottish male bowls players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Bowls players at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bryant (bowls)
David John Bryant (27 October 1931 – 27 August 2020) was a three-times World (outdoors) singles bowls champion (in 1966, 1980 and 1988), a three-times World indoors singles champion (in 1979, 1980 and 1981) and a four times Commonwealth Games singles gold medallist. He is generally considered to be the greatest bowler of all time, winning 19 World and Commonwealth gold medals in total. The beginning Born into a bowling dynasty, his grandfather was a founder member of the Clevedon Bowling Club in Chapel Hill, Clevedon, North Somerset. His father, Reginald Bryant, won three national fours rinks titles. David joined the club when he was 16 and during his first season with the club he won the Clevedon Bowls handicap. Bowls career World Outdoor Championships He won the inaugural World Outdoor singles title at Kyeemagh in 1966 and went on to win five gold medals (three singles, one triples and one team). He won eleven medals in total (three more silver and three more bronze), f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
