Robert Slater (bowls) explained

Robert Slater
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Callenders BC

Robert Slater was an English international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1] [2]

Bowls career

At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks/fours event with Ernie Gudgeon, Percy Tomlinson and Fred Biggin.[3] [4] [5]

He was the 1933 and 1934 pairs champion with Billy Buckell at the National Championships representing Callenders Bowling Club, Kent [6] and was also twice Kent County champion.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
  4. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  5. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  6. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.