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