Peter Line (bowls)

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Peter Line
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1930-10-13)13 October 1930
Southampton
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubAtherley BC
Banister Park BC
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Worthing fours
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Johannesburg fours
Silver medal – second place 1976 Johannesburg team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh pairs
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch pairs

Peter A Line is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career[edit]

World Championships[edit]

Line won the fours gold medal with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Ted Hayward at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] Four years later, he won two more medals: a bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Tommy Armstrong and a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Cup).

Commonwealth Games[edit]

Line won the gold medal in the pairs with Norman King during the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[3][4]

National[edit]

Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in Southampton, Hampshire, and won the national singles title in 1961 and 1964.[5][2]

He first played for England in 1955.

Personal life[edit]

He is married to a fellow England international, Wendy Line.[6] and by trade he was a civil service cartographical draughtsman and joined the Banister Park Bowls Club in 1948.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls TAWA.
  2. ^ a b c Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  4. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  5. ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  6. ^ "Bowls: Mixed fortunes for family pair". The Telegraph.