William Tate (bowls) explained

William Tate
Nationality:	Northern Irish
Birth Date:	7 January 1918
Birth Place:	Belfast
Death Date:	5 March 1977 (aged 59)^[1]
Death Place:	Forster Green Hospital, Belfast
Club:	Bangor BC

William Tate (1918–1977) was an Irish international lawn bowler.^{[2] [3]}

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the fours, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh; alongside John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon. Four years later, he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.^[4]

He was also part of the fours team that missed out on a medal at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, when a combined Ireland team finished in fourth place in the fours competition.

He won the 1963 Irish National Bowls Championships singles ^[5] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1964.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. News: Billy Tate, there'll never be another . 7 March 1977. Belfast Telegraph . 4 June 2021. 20 . The British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
2. Web site: profile. Bowls tawa.
3. Web site: Commonwealth Games Medallists. GBR Athletics.
4. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. Web site: IBA Singles winners. Irish Bowls Association.
6. Web site: Previous Winners. British Isles Bowls Council.
7. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.