Dick Bernard Explained

Dick Bernard
Nationality:British (Scottish)
Birth Date:1917 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Death Place:Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Club:Gorebridge BC

Richard Bernard (22 June 1917 – 23 February 2012) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

He won a silver medal in the singles at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[3]

He was National champion in 1970.[4] [5]

Personal life

He was a mining engineer by trade. He was a county billiards player before switching to bowls in 1948.[6] He died on 23 February 2012, at the age of 94.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dick Bernard Profile. Bowls tawa. 2016-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321044426/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2280. 2016-03-21. dead.
  2. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.
  5. Web site: Previous Winners. Bowls Scotland. 17 March 2019. 4 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404184426/https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners. dead.
  6. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  7. Web site: Bowls: Sport mourns loss of Gorebridge legend. The Scotsman. 17 April 2021.

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