Norman Snowy Walker Explained

Norman 'Snowy' Walker
Nationality:	South Africa Scotland
Birth Date:	22 July 1901
Birth Place:	Dundee, Scotland
Club:	Pretoria West BC and Northern Transvaal

Norman Stewart 'Snowy' Walker (1901 – 1977) was a South African international lawn bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Walker who was born is Dundee in Scotland won three medals at the Commonwealth Games. In 1938 he won a rinks (fours) silver followed by the gold medal in the fours at the 1950 British Empire Games and in 1958 he won another silver medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.^{[2] [3]}

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 ^[4] and won a silver medal in the pairs with Tommy Press at the event.^[5]

He won the 1954 singles and two rinks titles at the National Championships bowling for the Pretoria West Bowls Club.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa. 2016-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20161228033141/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/5158. 2016-12-28. dead.
2. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. Web site: "Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3. Times Digital Archives.
4. Book: Ampol Petroleum Ltd. First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. 1966. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
5. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
6. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).