Jimmy Hobday
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Boscombe Cliff BC |
Jimmy Hobday (born 1951) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
World Championships
Hobday won two gold medals in the triples at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock and David Bryant and the team event (Leonard Cup).[2][3]
Commonwealth Games
He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4]
National
Hobday was an international from 1977[5] until 1984[6] and won the 1976 Junior Singles Championship at the National Championships.[7]
He bowled for both Wiltshire and Hampshire, the latter for the Boscombe Cliff BC.
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England attempt to break Scots monopoly". The Times. 10 June 1977. p. 13. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Honours Board". Boscombe Cliff BC. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.