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词条 Willie Adrain
释义

  1. Bowls career

  2. Personal life

  3. References

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}}William 'Willie' Adrain (1926-1997), was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

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.[2]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [3] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[4]

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 was a commonwealth and two times world champion.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2390|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Bell|first=Harry E|title=3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976|year=1976|publisher=J.G.Ince & Son Ltd}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Ampol Petroleum Ltd|title=First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN|year=1966|publisher=Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html|title=World Bowls Champions|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Hawkes/Lindley|first=Ken/Gerard|title=the Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1974|publisher=Robert Hale and Company|isbn=0-7091-3658-7}}
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3 : 1926 births|1997 deaths|Scottish male bowls players

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