William Walker Wood MBE is a former Scottish professional bowls player, who has mainly competed in the outdoor or lawn form of the game. He is regarded as one of the leading bowlers of his generation and his list of achievements include appearing at eight Commonwealth Games and winning two gold medals and eight World Bowls Championship gold medals.
Anthony Allcock is an English bowls player. Born in Leicestershire, England, he is considered to be one of the leading bowlers of his generation and was twice world outdoor singles champion and three times World Indoor Singles Champion.
David John Bryant was a three-times World (outdoors) singles bowls champion, a three-times World indoors singles champion and a four times Commonwealth Games singles gold medallist. He is generally considered to be the greatest bowler of all time, winning 19 World and Commonwealth gold medals in total.
Jim Baker is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Sammy Allen is a Northern Irish lawn and indoor bowler and was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on 6 July 1938.
David Gourlay Senior is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler born on 24 May 1937.
George Adrain is a former Scottish international lawn bowler.
John Bell is a former English lawn and indoor bowler and commentator born on 14 January 1947.
The 1984 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Westburn Park in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 11–28 July 1984.
Peter Belliss won the singles defeating Willie Wood in the final. Wood qualified for the final because he finished with a seven shot advantage in Section A over David Bryant despite identical records of winning nine rounds each.
United States won the Pairs, Ireland won the Triples and England won the Fours. The Leonard Trophy went to Scotland.
David Morgan Moffat is a Scottish-born New Zealand lawn and indoor bowler, who has won medals representing both Scotland and New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.
Wynne Richards is a former male international lawn and indoor bowler.
George Edward Turley (1931-2010), was an English international lawn and indoor bowler and Middlesbrough footballer.
Julian Roy Haines was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Jim Scott is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player.
Jim Boyle (1935–2015) was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowls player.
Doug Lambert is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowls player.
Omar Kachong Dallah was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler and field hockey international. Appearing as a member of Hong Kong's 1964 Olympics hockey team, he later became the national team's captain and then coach. As a men's fours bowler, he and his teammates won gold in the 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games, and 1980 Melbourne World Outdoor Championships.
The World Bowls Championship is the premier world bowls competition between national bowls organisations. The premier indoor event is the World Indoor Bowls Championships listed separately and is organised by the World Bowls Tour.
Percy Thomson Watson, was a Northern Ireland international lawn bowler.
The Scottish National Bowls Championships is one of the oldest bowls competitions in the world. In 1892 Mr James Brown of Sanquhar BC and Dr Clark of the Partick BC formed the Scottish Bowls Association and organised the first rink (fours) championship the following year at the Queen's Park Club, Glasgow.
