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Joe Marsh (bowls)

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Joe Marsh
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born1928
Sport
SportLawn bowls
Medal record
Representing South Africa
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1972 Worthing triples
Silver medal – second place 1972 Worthing team

Joe A Marsh is a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

He was the Transvaal and Southern Transvaal bowls champion and was the South African National Bowls Championships runner-up in 1970.[2]

He won a silver medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing with Edgar Davey and Doug Watson.[3] [4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

Personal life

He was a gold refining official by trade and took up bowls in 1948.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ a b Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.