Tommy Armstrong (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1939 (age 86–87) Penrith, Cumbria, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Penrith Castle Park BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tommy Armstrong (born 1939) is a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
World Championships
Armstrong won a silver medal in the triples and a bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Peter Line at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event (the Leonard Trophy).
Commonwealth Games
He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3]
National
He has won the 1973 pairs national title[4] with Ronald Milburn, when bowling for the Penrith Castle Park BC at the national title.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Tommy Armstrong Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Winner Ron Forgets". Daily Mirror. 23 August 1973. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.