Bob Motroni
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 14 September 1917 Barga, Italy | |||||||||||
| Died | 24 April 1984 (aged 66) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | Dumfries BC | |||||||||||
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Renato "Bob" Motroni (14 September 1917 – 24 April 1984) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Motroni became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1969.[2][3] He was a shopkeeper by trade and played for the Dumfries Bowls Club. He also won two Scottish National Bowls Championships, the singles in 1969 and the pairs in 1965.[4]
Motroni competed in the 1970 Commonwealth Games and was the only player to defeat the legendary David Bryant in the singles tournament.[5]
References
- ^ "The Duke of Edinburgh talks to Scottish bowling champion Bob Motroni and Alex Henderson". The Scotsman. 18 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 28 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.