Willie Dyet
William 'Willie' Dyet (born 1931) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
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| Born | 21 March 1931 Edinburgh | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | Balerno, Edinburgh & Leith County | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Adrain, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[3]
He won the 1972 pairs title and 1964 fours title at the Scottish National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Balerno Bowls Club.[4]
Personal life
He was a refrigeration engineer by trade. He took up bowls aged 15.[5]
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References
- "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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