William Adrain (26 January 1926 – 19 November 1997) was a Scottish 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 started playing bowls aged 12 after being introduced to the sport by his father who was a bowls greenkeeper and his brother also called Willie was a Scottish international. He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales,

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in 1966 and won a

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in the fours with

Willie Dyet William Dyet (born 1931) is a Scottish international lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Adrain, Bert ...

, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event. He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy). He also won the 1963

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singles title.

Personal life

His father James was the greenkeeper at the Dreghorn Bowling Club and introduced him to bowls when he was aged 12. His own son

George Adrain George Adrain (born 12 April 1953) is a former Scottish international lawn bowler. Personal life George is from a famous bowling family, his father ( Willie Adrain) and uncle also called (Willie) were both Scottish internationals. He started b ...

was a commonwealth and two times world champion.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adrain, Willie 1926 births 1997 deaths Scottish male bowls players Sportspeople from North Ayrshire People from Dreghorn