Syd Thompson

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Syd Thompson
OBE
Personal information
Nationality Northern Ireland
Born(1912-08-29)29 August 1912
Belfast
Died1998(1998-00-00) (aged 85–86)
Belfast
Sport
SportBowls
PartnerSarah Ferguson Shaw
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh pairs

Sydney James Thompson (born 1912) is a former Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1] He played as Syd Thompson.

Bowls career[]

He served as the Northern Ireland Private Greens Bowling League (NIPGBL) President in 1974 and as Irish Bowling Association (IBA) and the British Isles Bowls Council (BIBC) President in 1964.[2][3][4]

He won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh[5]

He played 78 times for the Irish outdoor team and 51 times for the indoor team and was awarded an O.B.E.[6]

He won the 1950 singles title and 1949 & 1957 pairs title at the Irish National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Willowfield Bowls Club.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "Past Presidents | Northern Ireland Private Greens Bowling League". Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  3. ^ "BIBC Past Officers". British Isles Bowls Council. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. ^ "14 sept 2017 Northern Ireland Private Greens Bowling League (NIPGBL) anniversary book web version". issuu. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  6. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  7. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).


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