Peter Line (bowls)

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Peter Line
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1930-10-13)13 October 1930
Southampton
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubAtherley BC
Banister Park BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1972 Worthing fours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1976 Johannesburg fours
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1976 Johannesburg team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1970 Edinburgh pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1974 Christchurch pairs

Peter A Line is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

World Championships

Line won the fours gold medal with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Ted Hayward at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. [2] Four years later, he won two more medals: a bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Tommy Armstrong and a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Cup).

Commonwealth Games

Line won the gold medal in the pairs with Norman King during the 1970 British Commonwealth Games [3] and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. [4] [5]

National

Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in Southampton, Hampshire, and won the national singles title in 1961 and 1964. [6] [2] [7] [8]

He first played for England in 1955.

Personal life

He is married to a fellow England international, Wendy Line. [9] and by trade he was a civil service cartographical draughtsman and joined the Banister Park Bowls Club in 1948. [2]

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References

  1. "Profile". Bowls TAWA.
  2. 1 2 3 Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  3. "Bowls" . Cambridge Daily News. 7 February 1970. Retrieved 14 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
  5. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  6. Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  7. "Hampshire Man is Bowls Champion" . Portsmouth Evening News. 26 August 1961. Retrieved 19 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Ice-cool Line joins the bowls greats" . Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1964. Retrieved 19 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Bowls: Mixed fortunes for family pair". The Telegraph.