William Tate (bowls)
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1918 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 March 1977 (aged 59)[1] Forster Green Hospital, Belfast | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bangor BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William "Billy" Tate (7 January 1918 – 5 March 1977) was an international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland.[2][3]
Bowls career
Tate won a bronze medal in the fours, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh; alongside John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon. Four years later, he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.[4]
He was also part of the fours team that 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 represented the Northern Irish team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[5] where he competed in the pairs event,[6] with Billy Pimley.[7]
He won the 1963 Irish National Bowls Championships singles [8] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1964.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Billy Tate, there'll never be another". Belfast Telegraph. 7 March 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Christchurch contenders". Belfast Telegraph. 6 October 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Magnificent Seven". Ireland's Saturday Night. 12 January 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.