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William Tate (bowls)

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William Tate
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born(1918-01-07)7 January 1918
Belfast
Died5 March 1977 (aged 59)[1]
Forster Green Hospital, Belfast
Sport
ClubBangor BC
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 singles

William Tate (1918–1977) was an Irish international lawn bowler.[2][3]

Bowls career

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He won a bronze medal in the fours, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh; alongside John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon. Four years later, he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.[4]

He was also part of the fours team that 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 [5] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1964.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Billy Tate, there'll never be another". Belfast Telegraph. 7 March 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  4. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  6. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.