George Adrain

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George Adrain
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1953-04-12) 12 April 1953 (age 71)
Sport
ClubDreghorn BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Auckland fours
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Adelaide triples
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Aberdeen pairs

George Adrain (born 12 April 1953) is a former Scottish international lawn bowler.

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Personal life

George is from a famous bowling family, his father (Willie Adrain) and uncle also called (Willie) were both Scottish internationals. He started bowling aged 14 in early 1968 after being introduced to the sport by his father. [1]

Bowls career

George won the Scottish Triples in 1974 and British Triples in 1975. [2] His biggest achievement came in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen but bizarrely it was representing the United States. Jim Candelet fell ill during the competition leaving Skippy Arculli without a partner so Adrain the Scottish reserve took his place and the pair went on to win the Gold Medal. [3]

He won two gold medals for Scotland however when he partnered Grant Knox to win the Pairs Gold at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and was part of the fours team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The team consisted of Denis Love, Ian Bruce and Willie Wood. [4] [5]

He was also part of the triples team that took Gold at the 1996 World Outdoor Championships. His clubs were the Dreghorn (Outdoors) and Irvine (Indoors). [6]

He also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships triples title in 1974 and the pairs title in 1997 and 2002. [7] In 1985, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning two pairs titles in 1985 and 1986. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  2. ↑ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  3. ↑ "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 18 July 1984". The Times .
  4. ↑ "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  6. ↑ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
  7. ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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