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Bob Middleton (bowls)

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Robert 'Bob' Middleton
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born1935
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1976 Johannesburg Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Johannesburg Men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Johannesburg Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Aberdeen Men's pairs

Robert 'Bob' Middleton is a former Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

Middleton won a singles silver medal, a pairs bronze medal with Don Woolnough and a team bronze at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg and eight years later won a bronze medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen with bowls partner Kenny Williams.[2]

Club

He was fourteen times Mitcham club champion and was a sale agent by trade.[3]

Awards

He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[4]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 18 July 1984". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  4. ^ "Hall of Fame". Bowls Australia.
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