Keith Poole (bowls)

Keith Poole (24 April 1927 – 15 September 2012) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Keith Poole
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born(1927-04-24)24 April 1927
Died15 September 2012(2012-09-15) (aged 85)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1976 Johannesburg Men's fours
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Johannesburg Men's team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Melbourne Men's team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch Men's fours
Gold medal – first place 1982 Brisbane Men's fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1985 Tweed Headsfours

Bowls career

World Championships

Poole won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop and Barry Salter and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event four years later.[3]

Commonwealth Games

Poole won a silver medal as part of the fours team with Robert King, Errol Bungey and Errol Stewart at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. [4] Eight years later he skipped the four to a gold medal success in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. The gold medal winning team was Poole, Rob Dobbins, Bert Sharp and Don Sherman.[5]

Asia Pacific Championships

He won a gold medal at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the 1985 fours at Tweed Heads, New South Wales.[6]

Personal life

He was an accountant by trade and was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[7] He died in 2012.

References
  1. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ""Bryant defeats Watson as final gesture." Times [London, England] 8 Mar. 1976". The Times.
  5. Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  6. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. "Hall of Fame". Bowls Australia.
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