William Tate (bowls)
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| Nationality |  Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1918 Belfast | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Bangor BC | ||||||||||||||
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William Tate is a retired Irish international lawn bowler.[1][2]
Bowls career
He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon. Four years later he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.[3]
He was also part of the fours team that just missed out on a medal at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship when a combined Ireland team finished in fourth place in the fours competition.
He won the 1963 Irish National Bowls Championships singles [4] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1965.[5] [6]
References
- ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.