Peter Line (bowls) explained

Peter Line
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:1930 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Southampton
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Atherley BC
Banister Park BC

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

Bowls career

World Championships

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

Line won the gold medal in the pairs with Norman King during the 1970 British Commonwealth Games[3] and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[4] [5]

National

Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in Southampton, Hampshire, and won the national singles title in 1961 and 1964.[6] [2] [7] [8] In 1999, he won the national senior singles.[9]

He first played for England in 1955.

Personal life

In 1984, he married fellow England international, Wendy Line (née Clarke).[10] and by trade he was a civil service cartographical draughtsman and joined the Banister Park Bowls Club in 1948.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Bowls TAWA.
  2. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. News: Bowls . Cambridge Daily News . 7 February 1970 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 14 August 2024.
  4. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. 1987. Telegraph Publications. 0-86367-220-5.
  5. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
  6. Book: Bell, Harry E. 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  7. News: Hampshire Man is Bowls Champion . Portsmouth Evening News . 26 August 1961 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  8. News: Ice-cool Line joins the bowls greats . Birmingham Daily Post . 22 August 1964 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  9. News: Not all comes to he who waits . Mid Sussex Times . 16 September 1999 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 20 August 2024.
  10. Web site: Bowls: Mixed fortunes for family pair. The Telegraph.