William Tate (1918–1977) was an Irish 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 fours at the

1970 British Commonwealth Games The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970. This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first tim ...

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with John Higgins,

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and

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. Four years later he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in

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. He was also part of the fours team that just missed out on a medal 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 ...

when a combined Ireland team finished in fourth place in the fours competition. He won the 1963

Irish National Bowls Championships The Irish National Bowls Championships combines Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Traditionally the game was played mainly in Northern Ireland but the Kenilworth Bowling Club of Dublin joined the Irish Bowls Association in 1906 which pr ...

singles and 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 1964.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tate, William 1918 births 1977 deaths Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games