Bill Whittaker (bowls)

William 'Bill' Whittaker is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]

Bill Whittaker
Medal record
Men's lawn bowls
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
1938 SydneyFours

Bowls career

At the 1938 Commonwealth Games in Sydney he was part of the men's fours team that won the gold medal; with Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury and Alec Robertson.[2] [3]

He won the 1940 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Onehunga Bowls Club.[4] [5]

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References
  1. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  4. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  5. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.


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