Bob Middleton (bowls)

Robert 'Bob' Middleton
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
1976 Johannesburg Men's singles
1976 Johannesburg Men's pairs
1984 Aberdeen Men's pairs

Robert 'Bob' Middleton is a former Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Middleton won a singles silver and pairs bronze at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg and eight years later won a bronze medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen with bowls partner Kenny Williams.[2] He was fourteen times Mitcham club champion and was a sale agent by trade.[3]

He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ↑ "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 18 July 1984". 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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