Willie Harkness

Willie Harkness
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Bornc.1964[1]
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubGlengowan BC,
Coatbridge IBC

Willie Harkness (born c.1964) is a former international lawn bowler from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

At the age of 13 he won the Adam Howieson Open Youth singles title and the Philpstoun singles title and later won the national junior singles in 1981.[1] Harkness was a member of the Glengowan Bowls Club in Caldercruix[2] and the Coatbridge Indoor Bowls Club[3] and represented Scotland at international level both outdoors and indoors.[4]

Harkness represented the Scottish team[5] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[6][7] where he competed in the fours event, with Jim Boyle, Graham Robertson and Malcolm Graham, finishing in sixth place.[8][9] At the time of he Games he was a planning technician with the West Lothian District Council and lived at Church Court in Philpstoun.[1]

He was the runner-up of Scotland in the pairs at the 1986 Scottish National Bowls Championships.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "For Gold". West Lothian Courier. 25 July 1986. p. 31. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Two Up". Edinburgh Evening News. 11 August 1986. p. 15. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Corsie misses indoor mission". Edinburgh Evening News. 21 January 1986. p. 14. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Bowling". The Scotsman. 3 August 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Wells picked for Games team". Dundee Courier. 24 June 1986. p. 12. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Cap for young bowler". The Scotsman. 9 January 1986. p. 16. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Scotland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  9. ^ "Willie Harkness and the Scottish fours". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. 8 August 1986. p. 39. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
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