Willie Adrain

William Adrain (26 January 1926 – 19 November 1997) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Willie Adrain
Personal information
Birth nameWilliam Adrain
NationalityScottish
Born(1926-01-26)26 January 1926
Dreghorn, Scotland
Died19 November 1997(1997-11-19) (aged 71)
Dreghorn, Scotland
Sport
ClubDreghorn BC
and Ayrshire
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
1966 Kyeemagh fours
1966 Kyeemagh team

Bowls career

He started playing bowls aged 12 after being introduced to the sport by his father who was a bowls greenkeeper and his brother also called Willie was a Scottish international.[2]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [3] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[5]

He also won the 1963 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title.[6]

Personal life

His father James was the greenkeeper at the Dreghorn Bowling Club and introduced him to bowls when he was aged 12. His own son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.[7]

References
  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  3. Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  4. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  6. "Bowling". Wishaw Press. 9 August 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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