Alf Sandercock Explained

Alf Sandercock
Birth Date:1924 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Saddleworth, South Australia
Death Place:Maitland, South Australia
Sport:Lawn bowls

Alfred 'Alf' Norman Sandercock (1924-2007) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

World Bowls Championship

Sandercock won the pairs gold medal at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Frankston, Victoria with bowls partner Peter Rheuben.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[3]

National

Sandercock was the 1978 National Singles champion and represented Australia 73 times and South Australia 198 times.[4]

Awards

He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. 1987. Telegraph Publications. 0-86367-220-5.
  2. Web site: "Bowls." Times [London, England] 25 Jan. 1980]. The Times.
  3. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  4. Web site: HALL OF FAME PROFILE. Bowls South Australia.
  5. Web site: Hall of Fame. Bowls Australia.