William Tate (bowls)

William Tate is a retired Irish international lawn bowler.[1][2]

William Tate
Personal information
Nationality Northern Ireland
Born (1918-01-07) 7 January 1918
Belfast
Sport
ClubBangor BC
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
1970 Edinburghfours

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon. Four years later he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.[3]

He was also part of the fours team that just missed out on a medal at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship when a combined Ireland team finished in fourth place in the fours competition.

He won the 1963 Irish National Bowls Championships singles [4] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1965.[5] [6]

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References
  1. "profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  3. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  5. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  6. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
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