Julian Roy Haines (1944–2017) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 March 2017 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Boscombe Cliff | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editHaines bowled for Berkshire and won the National Indoor Pairs in 1974.[2] His finest moment came when he won the Fours gold medal at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen with Tony Allcock, John Bell and George Turley.[3]
He represented England in the fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4][5]
In 1999, he won the national triples, bolwing for Boscombe Cliff.[6]
Personal life
editHe started a company called Julian Haines Bowls Limited in 1998 which is based at the Bournemouth Indoor Bowls Centre. The company sells bowls goods and provides forums detailing aspects of the sport.[7]
He died on 7 March 2017.[8]
References
edit- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
- ^ "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 28 July 1984". The Times.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "County lose final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 August 1999. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Julian Haines Bowls". Julian Baines Bowls Limited.
- ^ "News: Death of Julian Haines". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.