Bob Middleton (bowls) explained

Robert 'Bob' Middleton
Birth Date:1935

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]

Notes and References

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