Bill O'Neill (bowls) explained

Bill O'Neill
Birth Date:	1909
Death Date:	unknown
Club:	Carlton BC

William P. O'Neill (1909 – date of death unknown) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966^[2] and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Ron Buchan and Gordon Jolly at the event.^[3]

He won the 1954, 1960 and 1963 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Carlton Bowls Club.^{[4] [5]}

Awards

He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa. 2016-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321052227/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/1062. 2016-03-21. dead.
2. Book: Ampol Petroleum Ltd. First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. 1966. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
3. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
4. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
5. Web site: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
6. Web site: Hall of Fame Created. Bowls Canterbury. 2016-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20161228033248/http://www.bowlscanterbury.co.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=2182. 2016-12-28. dead.