Lawn bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games explained

Event:	Lawn bowls
Games:	1970
Venue:	Edinburgh
Dates:	16–25 July 1970
Prev:	1962
Next:	1974

The lawn bowls competition at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16–25 July 1970.^[1] Lawn bowls returned to the Commonwealth Games following the exclusion of the event in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games because Jamaica had insufficient bowling greens.

Medallists

scope=col	Event	scope=col style="background-color: gold;"	Gold	scope=col style="background-color: silver;"	Silver	scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966;"	Bronze
Men's singles	David Bryant	Neal Bryce	Roy Fulton
Men's pairs		Bob McDonald, Robbie Robson	Jimmy Donnelly, Syd Thompson
Men's fours	Abdul Kitchell, Saco Delgado, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva	Alex McIntosh, David Pearson, John Slight, Norman Pryde	Edward Gordon, Harold Stevenson, John Higgins, William Tate

Results

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Men's singles – round-robin

scope=col	Pos	scope=col	Player	scope=col	P	scope=col	W	scope=col	L	scope=col	Pts	scope=col	Shots
1		13	12	1	24	+128
2		13	9	4	18	+49
3		13	9	4	18	+36
4	Geoff Kelly	13	8	5	16	+49
5	Bob Motroni	13	8	5	16	+20
6		13	8	5	16	0
7	Denis Gosden	13	7	6	14	+17
8	Dai Wilkins	13	7	6	14	-12
9		13	7	6	14	-31
10	Tony Lapsley	13	6	7	12	-1
11		Charlie Woodhard	13	5	8	10	-53
12	Phil Skoglund	13	2	11	4	-67
13		13	2	11	4	-69
14	Bob Ewing	13	1	12	2	-66

Men's pairs – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1	Norman King & Peter Line	13	12	0	1	24	+80
2		13	10	0	3	20	+17
3	Jimmy Donnelly & Syd Thompson	13	9	1	3	19	+83
4	Alex Henderson & Bill Scott	13	7	3	3	17	+26
5	C Slight & Stuart Flanders	13	8	0	5	16	+8
6	C Pilgrim & Harry Smith	13	6	2	5	14	-18
7	Harry Elliott & John Henderson	13	6	1	6	13	+8
8	Alan Schulte & Thomas Holden	13	6	0	8	12	-7
9	Augusto Pedro Pereira & Osman Adem	13	5	1	7	11	-19
10	P Smith & Peter Underhill	13	4	1	8	9	-32
11	Alan Ramsbocham & Jack Spears	13	4	1	8	9	-51
12	G Howells & D Jenkins	13	4	0	9	8	-25
13		13	3	0	10	6	-52
14	A Kay & C Harvey	13	2	0	11	4	-78

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts	width=30	Shots
1		13	11	1	1	23	+128
2	Alex McIntosh, David Pearson, John Slight, Norman Pryde	13	9	0	4	18	+25
3	Edward Gordon, Harold Stevenson, John Higgins, William Tate	13	8	1	4	17	+81
4	A Haythorne, D Coetzee, F Hynd, H Ellis	13	7	1	5	15	+21
5	Evan Aeron John, Harry Thompson, A.R (Roy) Jones, Bill Pattimore	13	7	0	6	14	-12
6	Ted Hodgson, Sam Caffyn, James Denholm, Tom Jarvis	13	7	0	6	14	0
7		13	6	1	6	13	+28
8	Cliff Stroud, Harry Powell, Norman Hook, Bobby Stenhouse	13	6	1	6	13	+15
9	Barrie Baxter, M Brix, Oswald Dent, P Allum	13	6	0	7	12	+4
10	A Graham, B Scott, C Pilgrim, L Yeomanson	13	5	1	7	11	-62
11		13	5	0	8	10	+2
12	Cyril Smith, E La Cras, George Hollings, W Hobbs	13	4	0	9	8	-66
13		13	4	0	9	8	-98
14		13	3	0	10	6	-90

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
• Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives. The Times.
2. Book: The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 2013. Lulu.com . 9781291576382.