Keith Poole (bowls)

Keith Poole
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1927-04-24)24 April 1927
Died 15 September 2012
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
1974 Christchurch Men's fours
1982 Brisbane Men's fours
World Outdoor Championships
1976 Johannesburg Men's fours

Keith Poole (24 April 1927 – 15 September 2012) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Poole won a silver medal as part of the fours teams at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. Two years later he won another fours silver medal at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[2] He then skipped the four to gold in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.[3]

He was an accountant by trade and was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[4] He died in 2012.

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ↑ ""Bryant defeats Watson as final gesture." Times [London, England] 8 Mar. 1976". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ↑ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Bowls Australia.
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