Brian Ellwood Explained

Brian Ellwood
Nationality: South Africa
Birth Date:1925
Death Date:2007
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Berea Park BC

Brian Gill Ellwood (1925–2007), was a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the pairs with Tommy Harvey at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] [3] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

He won the 1967 singles title at the South African National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Berea Park Bowls Club. In addition he won the Transvaal singles twice and the Northern Transvaal singles five times.[4]

Personal life

He was a bank inspector by trade in addition to being a competent tennis and cricket player.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa. 2017-01-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531133204/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2358. 2016-05-31. dead.
  2. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. Book: Newby, Donald. Bowls Yearbook. 1991. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  4. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.