Keith Poole (bowls) explained

Keith Poole
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:1927 4, df=yes

Keith Poole (24 April 1927 – 15 September 2012) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

Poole won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop and Barry Salter and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event four years later.[3]

Commonwealth Games

Poole won a silver medal as part of the fours team with Robert King, Errol Bungey and Errol Stewart at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. [4] Eight years later he skipped the four to a gold medal success in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. The gold medal winning team was Poole, Rob Dobbins, Bert Sharp and Don Sherman.[5]

Asia Pacific Championships

He won a gold medal at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the 1985 fours at Tweed Heads, New South Wales.[6]

Personal life

He was an accountant by trade and was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[7] He died in 2012.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. 1987. Telegraph Publications. 0-86367-220-5.
  2. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  4. Web site: "Bryant defeats Watson as final gesture." Times [London, England] 8 Mar. 1976]. The Times.
  5. Book: Warters, Bob. Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. 1984. Key Publishing Ltd.
  6. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners. World Bowls. 31 May 2021.
  7. Web site: Hall of Fame. Bowls Australia.