Roberto da Silva
Roberto Eduardo da Silva is a former Hong Kong international lawn bowler.[1]
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Bowls career
He was born in 1932 to Portuguese parents and won a bronze medal in the fours with Saco Delgado and Abdul Kitchell at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2]
Either side of the World Championship he won two Commonwealth Games gold medals. In 1970 he was part of the four that won the gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and eight years later repeated the success at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[3]
Personal life
He was a banking official by trade.[4]
gollark: We should probably research nuclear things in order to avoid having to raze coal patches for power.
gollark: The acceleration is higher, top speed less so.
gollark: Nuclear fuel best fuel, actually.
gollark: We could incorporate "signalling" and "actually removing cliffs" ~~(by the way, please restock the cliff explosives thing with grenades)~~ (oops, wrong person, orbital bee strike inbound) and "proper bidirectional tracks".
gollark: When I have time (at precisely 15:48 ±17 hours) I SHALL rejoin and optimize our train network for greater trainocity.
References
- "Roberto da Silva Profile". Bowls tawa.
- "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- "Achievements of Hong Kong China team". Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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