Willie Adrain
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William 'Willie' Adrain (born 1926) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
He started playing bowls aged 12 after being introduced to the sport by his father who was a bowls greenkeeper and his brother also called Willie was a Scottish international.[2]
He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [3] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[4]
His son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.
References
- ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ↑ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
- ↑ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
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