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World Bowls Championship
The World Bowls Championship is the premier world bowls competition between national bowls organisations. The premier indoor event is the World Indoor Bowls Championships listed separately and is organised by the World Bowls Tour. World Outdoor Championships First held in Australia in 1966, the World Outdoor Bowls Championships for men and women are held every four years. From 2008 the men's and women's events were held together. Qualifying national bowls organisations (usually countries) are represented by a team of five players, who play once as a single and a four, then again as a pair and a triple. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in each of the four disciplines, and there is also a trophy for the best overall team — the Leonard Trophy for men and the Taylor Trophy for women. Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland compete as one combined Irish team. The 2021 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, 2020 event was postponed twice and scheduled for 2021 due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill O'Neill (bowls)
William P. O'Neill (1909 – date of death unknown) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Ron Buchan and Gordon Jolly at the event. He won the 1954, 1960 and 1963 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Carlton Bowls Club. Awards He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is an organisation commemorating New Zealand's greatest sporting triumphs. It was inaugurated as part of the New Zealand sesquicentenary celebrations in 1990. Some 160 members have been inducted into the Hall o .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:ONeill, Bill 1909 births Date of death unknown New Zealand male bowls players Bowls World Champions Bowls players at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New ... [...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] |
Bill Miller (bowls)
William McConnell Miller (1910–2004), was a Scottish born United States international lawn bowler. Bowls career He emigrated to the United States in 1928, joined the Gary Bowls Club in 1939 and became a United States citizen one year later in 1940. He won a gold medal in the triples with Dick Folkins and Clive Forrester at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov .... He also won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy). Bowls official He joined the A.L.B.A council in 1964 and was the first vice-president of the club. Awards He was inducted into the USA Hall of Fame. He died in 2004. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Bill 1910 births 2004 deaths American male bowls players Bowls World Champions Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Forrester
Clive Forrester (1911-1992), was a United States international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a gold medal in the triples with Bill Miller and Dick Folkins at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov .... He also won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy). He won two US National titles, the singles in 1970 and pairs in 1969. Personal life He was a postal worker by trade and started bowling in 1957 and was elected to the A.L.B.A when the Pacific Mountain Division was formed. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Forrester, Clive 1911 births 1992 deaths American male bowls players Bowls World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Folkins
Richard Wilson Folkins (1917-1987), was a United States international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a gold medal in the triples with Bill Miller and Clive Forrester at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. He also won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy). Folkins won a silver medal in the 1976 World Outdoor Championships 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 ... with his bowls partner Neil McInnes. In addition he won fourteen US Open titles. Personal life He was a highway planning engineer by trade. He died in 1987. He was married to fellow international bowler Corinna Folkins. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Folkins, Dick 1917 births 1987 deaths American male bowls players Bowls World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clementi Cecil Delgado
Clementi Cecil Delgado better known as Saco Delgado (1930-1997), was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Delgado was born in Hong Kong in 1930 to Portuguese parents and was an accountant before he started bowling in 1958. He won the Hong Kong lawn bowls championship ten times before winning the rinks/fours gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He won the gold medal in the pairs with Eric Liddell at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing in addition to a bronze medal in the fours event. In 1978 he won another gold medal in the men's pairs with Liddell 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 .... Personal life He was a banking official by trade. He became a US citizen in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Liddell (bowls)
Eric John Liddell (10 August 1924 – 28 April 1991) was an Australian-born Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Liddell was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, on 10 August 1924, to Edward and Victoria Liddell. He served for four and a half years during the Second World War. He emigrated to Hong Kong in 1951 and represented Hong Kong at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and competing in six consecutive Commonwealth Games from 1954 until 1978. He won the gold medal in the pairs with Saco Delgado at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and eight years later was part of the fours team that won the gold medal at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. In between he won the pairs gold once again with Saco Delgado at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Following the 1980 World Championships Liddell retired from bowls and returned to live in Australia residing on the Gold Coast. Personal life and death He was a chief assista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maldwyn Evans
Maldwyn Lewis Evans (8 November 1937 – 30 December 2009), often known as "Mal" Evans, was a Welsh bowls champion, who won the World Championship in 1972. He is the only Welshman ever to have held the men's singles title. Personal life Evans was born in Gelli, Rhondda. His father, Clifford Maldwyn Evans, won the Welsh Pairs Championship in 1952 with his brother (Maldwyn's uncle) John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), a world-class player. Maldwyn Evans was educated at Pentre Secondary School and later obtained a degree in history from University College of North Wales Bangor. He worked as a teacher in Swansea, Porth, Tonypandy and Ferndale. Bowls career Evans played bowls for Wales from 1967 until 1985, and he was a member of the Gelli Park club. Two years after his World Championship win he represented Wales at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in the singles. He won two Welsh National Bowls Championships Pairs titles in 1966 and 1967, with his brother Gwyn Evans (the 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worthing
Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hove built-up area, the 15th most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Since 2010, northern parts of the borough, including the Worthing Downland Estate, have formed part of the South Downs National Park. In 2019, the Art Deco Worthing Pier was named the best in Britain. Lying within the borough, the Iron Age hill fort of Cissbury Ring is one of Britain's largest. The recorded history of Worthing began with the Domesday Book. It is historically part of Sussex in the rape of Bramber; Goring, which forms part of the rape of Arundel, was incorporated in 1929. Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet for many centuries until, in the late 18th century, it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1972 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 5 to 17 June 1972. Maldwyn Evans won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs Gold was won by Hong Kong, the triples Gold by the United States and the fours Gold went to England. Scotland lifted the Leonard Trophy with just one point more than South Africa and the United States. Medallists Results Men's singles – round robin Men's pairs – round robin Men's triples – round robin Men's fours – round robin W. M. Leonard Trophy References {{World Outdoor Bowls Championships World Outdoor Bowls Championship World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ... June 1972 sports events in the United Kingdom 1972 in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
