| Willie Adrain | |
| Birth Name: | William Adrain |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Birth Date: | 1926 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dreghorn, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Dreghorn, Scotland |
| Club: | Dreghorn BC and Ayrshire |
William Adrain (26 January 1926 – 19 November 1997) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
He started playing bowls aged 12 after being introduced to the sport by his father who was a bowls greenkeeper and his brother also called Willie was a Scottish international.[2]
He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [3] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[5]
He also won the 1963 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title.[6]
His father James was the greenkeeper at the Dreghorn Bowling Club and introduced him to bowls when he was aged 12. His own son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.[7]