Jimmy Hobday

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Jimmy Hobday
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NationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Born1951
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBoscombe Cliff BC

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

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Bowls career

World Championships

Hobday won double gold 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 in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [4]

National

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

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

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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. "Honours Board". Boscombe Cliff BC.
  6. "Past Records". Bowls England.