Brian Gill Ellwood (1925–2007), was a South African international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

Bowls career

He won a

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in the pairs with Tommy Harvey at the

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 G ...

in Worthing. He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy). He won the 1967 singles title at the

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 ...

when bowling for the Berea Park Bowls Club. In addition he won the Transvaal singles twice and the Northern Transvaal singles five times.

Personal life

He was a bank inspector by trade in addition to being a competent tennis and cricket player.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellwood, Brian 1925 births 2007 deaths South African male bowls players