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Robert Weale
Robert Arthur Weale (born in Hereford on 3 April 1963), is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player. Weale is originally from Presteigne and was educated at John Beddoes School, but now lives in Hereford. In 2022, he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of fame. Bowls career Weale made his international debut in 1982. He was the youngest competitor in the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen, where he competed in the triples event. World Titles Weale's career-best performance came in January 2000, when he won the 2000 World Indoor Bowls Championship singles title at Potters. Just a few months later, Weale won the men's fours title at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, in April 2000. Commonwealth Games Weale has won six Commonwealth Games medals achieved from eight successive games, a record. The achievement of winning medals over eight games is a record for a lawn bowls player and equals the record for a competitor across all sports. Weal ... [...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] |
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population of 53,112 in 2021 it is by far the largest settlement in Herefordshire. An early town charter from 1189, granted by Richard I of England, describes it as "Hereford in Wales". Hereford has been recognised as a city since time immemorial, with the status being reconfirmed as recently as October 2000. It is now known chiefly as a trading centre for a wider agricultural and rural area. Products from Hereford include cider, beer, leather goods, nickel alloys, poultry, chemicals and sausage rolls, as well as the famous Hereford breed of cattle. Toponymy The Herefordshire edition of Cambridge County Geographies states "a Welsh derivation of Hereford is more probable than a Saxon one" but the name "Hereford" is also said to come from the Angl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawn Bowls At The 1994 Commonwealth Games
The lawn bowls competition at the 1994 Commonwealth Games took place at the Juan de Fuca Bowling Club in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada from 18 August until 28 August 1994. Medal table Medallists Para sport Results Men's singles – round robin Section A Section B + Awarded Bronze medals Final Corsie bt Allcock 25-20 Men's pairs – round robin Section A Section B + Awarded Bronze medals Final Australia bt Wales 18-14 Men's Fours – round robin Section A Section B + Awarded Bronze medals Final South Africa bt Australia 21-18 Women's singles – round robin Section A Section B + Awarded Bronze medals Final Johnston bt Jones 25-17 Women's pairs – round robin Section A Section B + Awarded Bronze medals Final Scotland bt South Africa 32-18 Women's Fours – round robin Section A Section B + Awarded Bronze medals Final South Africa bt Papua New Guinea 24-17 References S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Thomas (bowls)
William Thomas (born 1954) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Thomas won a silver medal in the fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Four years later he won a fours gold medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg with Stephen Rees, Mark Williams and Robert Weale. He won the 1990 Welsh National Bowls Championships and subsequently won the singles 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 ... in 1991. References Welsh male bowls players Living people 1954 births Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafod Thomas
Hafod Thomas is a former Welsh international lawn bowler. He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with Jim Morgan, Robert Weale Robert Arthur Weale (born in Hereford on 3 April 1963), is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowls player. Weale is originally from Presteigne and was educated at John Beddoes School, but now lives in Hereford. In 2022, he was inducted in ... and Will Thomas. He played for the Loughor Bowls Club and was an international from 1980 until 1986 in addition to being the Welsh captain in 1986. References Living people Welsh male bowls players Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Morgan (bowls)
James Morgan is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career He won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. Eight years later won a gold medal in the fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with Hafod Thomas, Robert Weale and Will Thomas. In between he also played in the fours at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. He played for the Barry Athletic Bowling Club which he joined in 1961. he was a Welsh international from 1972-1988. He is a two times Welsh National Champion, winning the fours in 1963 and 1969 when bowling for the Barry Athletic Bowls Club. He also won the 1964 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 ... fours title. References Living people Welsh male bowls pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have been awarded in the arts, for example, by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, usually as a symbol of an award to give an outstanding student some financial freedom. Others offer only the prestige of the award. Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including various academic societies. While some gold medals are solid gold, others are gold-plated or silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal and the Nobel Prize medal. Nobel Prize medals consist of 18 karat green gold plated with 24 karat gold. Before 1980 they were struck in 23 karat gold. Military origins Before the establishment of standard military awards, e.g., the Medal of Honor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland. The city's Holyrood Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 2000 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Marks Park Bowling Club, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1 to 15 April 2000. The 2000 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Moama Bowling Club in Moama, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... from 8 to 25 March 2000. Medallists Results W.M.Leonard Trophy + Scotland won bronze on shots 370.20 to 248.40 Taylor Trophy References {{World Outdoor Bowls Championships World Outdoor Bowls Championship 2000 in South African sport World Outdoor Bowls Championship Bowls in South Africa Sport in Johannesburg April 2000 sports events in Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's Fours ...
The 2000 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's fours was held at Marks Park Bowling Club, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 1 to 15 April 2000. Mark Williams, Robert Weale, Stephen Rees and Will Thomas of Wales won the gold medal. Qualifying round Section A Section B + Replacement Finals Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Men's Fours Men A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chrom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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