Ian Sutherland (bowls)

Ian Sutherland
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1935-11-15)15 November 1935
Bedwellty, Wales
Died1999
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubEbbw Vale BC / Beaufort BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton men's fours

Ian Charles Sutherland (15 November 1935 – 1999) was a Welsh international lawn bowls player.[1][2]

Bowls career

Sutherland represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[3] where he competed in the fours event, with Gareth Humphreys, John Russell Evans and Dai Richards and just missed the medal rostrum after finishing in fourth place.[4]

Four years later, he won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton with Ellis Stanbury, Gwyn Evans, and John Thomson.[5]

He won a national pairs title in 1971 at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when he was with the Ebbw Vale club.[6] He was bowling for Beaufort BC at the time of the 1974 Games.[7]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ "Wales Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  5. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Historic Ebbw Vale bowls club celebrate 90th anniversary". South Wales Argus.
  7. ^ "Bowler Ian is off to New Zealand". Gwent Gazette. 26 October 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.