Bobby Stenhouse Explained

Bobby Stenhouse
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:1924 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Tynemouth, England
Death Place:Wellingborough, England
Sport:Bowls
Club:Wellingborough Town BC

Robert Hastie Stenhouse (1924–1990) was an England international lawn and indoor bowls competitor.[1]

Bowls career

Stenhouse won the 1963 national fours title[2] at the England Men's National Championships when bowling for Wellingborough Town BC.[3]

He captained England at the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, where he won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[4]

He represented England in the rinks (fours),[5] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Harold Powell, Norman Hook and Cliff Stroud.[6] [7] [8]

During the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, he was the England team manager and was also an indoor international from 1968-1972.[3]

Personal life

He took up bowls with his father in 1947 and was married in 1953.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  2. News: Bowls . Birmingham Daily Post . 15 August 1963 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 26 August 2024.
  3. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. News: World bowls sides fly in for big event . Halifax Evening Courier . 5 October 1966 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2024.
  5. News: Bowls . Cambridge Daily News . 7 February 1970 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 14 August 2024.
  6. Web site: 1970 Athletes. Team England.
  7. Web site: Edinburgh, 1970 Team. Team England.
  8. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.