Bob Motroni
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Nationality | Scottish | ||||||||||
Born | 14 September 1917 Barga, Italy | ||||||||||
Died | 24 April 1984 (aged 66) | ||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||
Club | Dumfries BC | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Renato Motroni known as Bob Motroni (1917-1984) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.
Bowls career[]
Motroni became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1969.[1] [2] He was a shopkeeper by trade and played for the Dumfries Bowls Club. He also won two Scottish National Bowls Championships, the singles in 1969 and the pairs in 1965.[3]
Motroni competed in the 1970 Commonwealth Games and was the only player to defeat the legendary David Bryant in the singles tournament.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1984 deaths
- Scottish male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
- Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- British bowls biography stubs