Jim Ashman

Jim Ashman
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born2 August 1935
Pontefract, England
DiedApril 2006 (aged 70)
York
Sport
ClubHolgate WMC, York

James "Jim" Ashman (2 August 1935 – April 2006 2006), was an England international lawn bowler who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Bowls career

Ashman gained his first England cap in 1976[1] and remained an international until 1981.[2] He bowled for Holgate Working Men's Club in York.[3]

He represented England in the pairs event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.[4][5][6]

He won eleven Yorkshire County Championships and three Northern Counties between 1975 and 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Yorkshire Champ Jim Called Up By England". Belfast Telegraph. 9 June 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b "Death of top York bowler". York Press. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Dramatic". Worthing Herald. 19 August 1977. p. 13. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Games pair in Masters". Belfast Telegraph. 23 May 1978. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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