Ken Wallis (bowls)

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Ken Wallis
Personal information
Nationality Hongkonger
Born1943 (age 81–82)
England
Medal record
Representing Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Victoria fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1993 Victoriafours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1995 Dunedinfours

Kenneth G Wallis (born 1943) is a former Hong Kong international lawn bowler and footballer. [1]

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Bowls career

Wallis competed for Hong Kong in the fours tournament at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. [2]

Four years later he won a bronze medal in the singles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada. [3] In addition he competed in the fours at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. [4]

He won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. [5]

Football career

He was a member of the Hong Kong squad and played in the 1965 and 1966 Merdeka Cup.

Personal life

He moved to Hong Kong from Britain in 1962 to join the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. He married Jenny Wallis [2] and they moved to Australia when Jenny was appointed director of the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office in Sydney. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. 1 2 "Crocodile Smith" . Cambridge Daily News. 23 January 1990. Retrieved 9 January 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong team achievements". HKLBA.
  4. ↑ "ATHLETES & RESULTS". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Farewell to the empire: Ken Wallis, Hong Kong's last-ever Commonwealth Games medal winner, recalls Victoria 1994". South China Morning Post.
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