Jimmy Hobday

Jimmy Hobday

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	1951
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Boscombe Cliff BC
Medal record Representing   England World Outdoor Championships 1980 Frankston triples 1980 Frankston team

Jimmy Hobday is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler. ^[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

Hobday won two gold medals in the triples at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock and David Bryant and the team event (Leonard Cup). ^{[2] [3]}

Commonwealth Games

He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ^[4]

National

Hobday was an international from 1977 ^[5] until 1984 ^[6] and won the 1976 Junior Singles Championship at the National Championships. ^[7]

He bowled for both Wiltshire and Hampshire, the latter for the Boscombe Cliff BC.

References

1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
2. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
3. Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
4. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
5. "England attempt to break Scots monopoly" . The Times. 10 June 1977. p. 13. Retrieved 22 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.
6. "Honours Board". Boscombe Cliff BC.
7. "Past Records". Bowls England.