Jimmy Hobday Explained

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]

Bowls career

World Championships

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]

Commonwealth Games

He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4]

National

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa.
  2. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. Book: Newby, Donald. Bowls Yearbook 91. 1991. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  4. Web site: 1982 Athletes. Team England.
  5. News: England attempt to break Scots monopoly . 10 June 1977 . The Times . 22 Aug 2024 . 13 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  6. Web site: Honours Board. Boscombe Cliff BC.
  7. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.