Willie Dyet
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| Nationality | Scottish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 March 1931 Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Balerno, Edinburgh & Leith County | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Dyet (born 1931) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Adrain, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[3]
He is a five times national champion having won the 1964, 1971 and 1975 fours titles, the 1972 pairs title and the 1990 triples at the Scottish National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Balerno Bowls Club.[4]
Personal life
[edit]He was a refrigeration engineer by trade. He took up bowls aged 15.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.