Ian Sutherland (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1935 Bedwellty, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1999 Blaenau Gwent, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Ebbw Vale BC / Beaufort BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Wales Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Historic Ebbw Vale bowls club celebrate 90th anniversary". South Wales Argus.
- ^ "Bowler Ian is off to New Zealand". Gwent Gazette. 26 October 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.