Josephus 'Rudi' Jacobs (born 1960) is a South African

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

Jacobs was selected for the Lawn bowls squad at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

but was replaced by Petrus Breitenbach. In 2018 Jacobs was selected as part of the South Africa team for the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Jacobs won the 2015 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 Parys Bowls Club.

References

1960 births Living people South African male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub