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South African National Bowls Championships
The South African National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls South Africa (BSA). The first National Singles Championships were held in 1897 in Kimberley despite the fact that the South African Bowls Association was not formed until 1904. The Rinks was first held in 1906 at Kimberley. The winner received the Pyott Cup and runner-up the Dewar Shield (until 1927 when the Dewar Shield was renamed the Sir David Harris Cup). The event was not held during the Second World War 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 opposi ... and when it returned in 1948, it featured a squad of up to five players. Men's Singles Champions Men's Pairs Champions Men's Fours/Rinks Champions Women's Singles Champions Women's Pairs Champions Women's Fours Champions References {{Bowl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowls South Africa
Bowls South Africa (Bowls SA), (BSA) is the governing body for the sport of bowls in South Africa. Bowls South Africa is responsible for the promotion and development of lawn bowls in South Africa, and is affiliated with the world governing body World Bowls, as well as SASCOC. Bowls SA organise tournaments such as men's and women's South African National Bowls Championships, with competition in the main bowls disciplines of fours, pairs and singles, as well as Mixed Pairs Championships. Affiliate member associations (or Districts), alongside associate members and bowling clubs assist with the nurturing and training of potential bowls players. History Bowls as a sport began in South Africa around 1882, when the initial bowling green was commissioned. A lawn bowls club was subsequently established in Port Elizabeth at St Georges Park. South African Bowling Association was founded in 1904 as the governing body for the sport of bowls in South Africa. Afterwards, the growth of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Rittmuller
Wayne Neville Rittmuller (born 18 June 1982) is a South African international lawn bowler and three times national champion of South Africa. He has represented South Africa at the Commonwealth Games. Biography Rittmuller started playing bowls aged 12 and played for Wentworth Bowling Club from 2001 to 2005. He won the South African national singles title two years in succession in 2017 and 2018 at the South African National Bowls Championships, when bowling for Stella Park (Port Natal). In 2022, he won his third title but this time in the pairs with Jason Lott for the Hillary BC. In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ... in Birmingham where he competed in the men's pairs event and the men's fours event. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Randall
Wilfred A Randall (1914 – date of death unknown), was a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Frank Mitchell, George Wilson and John Anderson. Four years late he won a silver medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, with Norman Snowy Walker, Edward Williams and Edward Stuart. He won the 1951 rinks 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 Kensington Bowls Club. Personal life He was an engineer foreman by trade. References 1914 births Date of death unknown Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1958 British Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mitchell (bowls)
Frank N Mitchell (1911 – date of death unknown), was a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Wilfred Randall, George Wilson and John Anderson. He won the 1950, 1952 and 1958 rinks 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 Pretoria Bowls Club. Personal life He was a civil servant by trade. References 1911 births Date of death unknown Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games South African male bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Press
Thomas 'Tommy' Crossan Press is a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 and won a silver medal in the pairs with Norman Snowy Walker at the event. He won the 1950 rinks 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 Pretoria Bowls Club. References Possibly living people South African male bowls players {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anderson (bowls)
John William Hamilton Anderson (born 1912, date of death unknown) was a British born, South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career Anderson won a gold medal in the fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Frank Mitchell, Wilfred Randall and George Wilson. Anderson won the 1949 rinks 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 Durban Bowls Club. Personal life Anderson was a company director by trade. References 1912 births Year of death missing Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games South African male bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls British emigrants to South Africa Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrus Breitenbach
Petrus 'Pierre' Breitenbach (born 25 March 1987) is a South African lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed in the men's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a gold medal. He won the 2013 fours at the National Championships bowling for the Potchefstroom Town Bowls Club. In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet .... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Breitenbach, Petrus 1987 births Living people South African male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kepler Wessels
Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor. He was a left-handed opening batsman. He played first-class cricket for Orange Free State, Western Province, Northern Transvaal, Eastern Province and Griqualand West in South Africa, for Queensland in Australia and Sussex in England. In 2008, he coached the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings and later returned to coaching in South Africa. Early years Wessels was six years old when he was introduced to the game of cricket. Volsteedt taught him the basics of the game and began to regularly play cricket with him during Sunday visits to the Wessels household. A few years later, Volsteedt became the master in charge of cricket at Grey College, Bloemfontein, and coached Wessels during his playing days for the school's first tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Baker (bowls)
Gerald Salem Baker (born 7 October 1960), known as Gerry Baker, is a lawn bowler. Bowls career Baker is from Bloemfontein, in South Africa and has won three medals at the World Outdoor Championships and three medals at the Commonwealth Games. He broke a South African record by appearing at six Commonwealth Games. In 1996, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Neil Burkett. In 1998 he won a bronze medal in the singles at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games and two years later he teamed up with Shaun Addinall to claim a Pairs silver medal in the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. Another bronze arrived in 2002 with Addinall in the Pairs during the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games before he and Addinall finally won a Gold Medal in the Pairs at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. In 2007 he won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. In 2009 he won the singles gold medal at the Atlantic Championships and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gidion Vermeulen
Gidion Vermeulen is a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a gold medal in the Men's triples at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with Johann Pierre du Plessis and Wayne Perry. He finished runner-up in the 2010 pairs at the National Championships bowling for the Westville Bowls Club. In 2011 he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. The following year he won a silver medal in the fours at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. Leif Se .... References Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games South African male bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Watson (bowls)
Douglas Grant Watson (1943-2005), was a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career World championships Doug came to prominence in 1972 when he won silver medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy). Four years later he won the singles, pairs and team gold medals at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He won 14 of his 15 matches to win the singles ahead of Bob Middleton of Australia and David Bryant of England. In the Pairs he partnered Bill Moseley as they won 13 of their 15 matches. International In 1972 aged 29 he became the youngest bowler ever to represent South Africa. His international success was cut short by 1980 because South Africa had been excluded from competing by the IBB. In 1976 he was invited by the Waratah Club of Australia to compete in a bowls competition and the Australian authorities missed the fact that he was competing as a So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Evans (bowls)
Jason Evans (born 1971) in Neath, Wales, is a South African lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed in the pairs and fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He finished runner-up in the 2013 fours at the National Championships bowling for the Belgravia Bowls Club. In 2019 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. In 2021 he won the men's pairs title at the South African National Bowls Championships. In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |