Bob Middleton (bowls)

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Robert 'Bob' Middleton
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NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born1935

Robert 'Bob' Middleton is a former Australian international lawn bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

World Championships

Middleton won a singles silver medal, a pairs bronze medal with Don Woolnough and a team bronze at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg and eight years later won a bronze medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen with bowls partner Kenny Williams. [2]

Club

He was fourteen times Mitcham club champion and was a sale agent by trade. [3]

Awards

He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame. [4]

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References

  1. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
  2. "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 18 July 1984". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  4. "Hall of Fame". Bowls Australia.