William Adrain (26 January 1926 – 19 November 1997) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Willie Adrain
Personal information
Birth nameWilliam Adrain
NationalityScottish
Born(1926-01-26)26 January 1926
Dreghorn, Scotland
Died19 November 1997(1997-11-19) (aged 71)
Dreghorn, Scotland
Sport
ClubDreghorn BC
and Ayrshire
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kyeemagh fours
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kyeemagh team

Bowls career

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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] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[5]

He also won the 1963 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title.[6]

Personal life

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His father James was the greenkeeper at the Dreghorn Bowling Club and introduced him to bowls when he was aged 12. His own son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  3. ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  4. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  6. ^ "Bowling". Wishaw Press. 9 August 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.