Jimmy Hobday | |
Nationality: | British (English) |
Birth Date: | 1951 |
Sport: | Lawn bowls |
Club: | Boscombe Cliff BC |
Jimmy Hobday is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Hobday won two gold medals in the triples at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock and David Bryant and the team event (Leonard Cup).[2] [3]
He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4]
Hobday was an international from 1977[5] until 1984[6] and won the 1976 Junior Singles Championship at the National Championships.[7]
He bowled for both Wiltshire and Hampshire, the latter for the Boscombe Cliff BC.