Kenny Williams (bowls)

Kenny Williams (date of birth unknown - 2012) was an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Kenny Williams
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Died2012
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Aberdeen Men's pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1987 Laesingles
Gold medal – first place1987 Laetriples
Gold medal – first place1989 Suvatriples
Gold medal – first place1989 Suvafours

Bowls career

Williams won a bronze medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen with bowls partner Bob Middleton.[2] He played for Culburra Bowls Club in New South Wales.[3]

He won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, all four medals were gold medals in the 1987 singles and triples, in Lae, Papua New Guinea and the 1989 tripels and fours in Suva, Fiji.[4]

Williams who died in 1992 was posthumously inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[5][6]

References
  1. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 18 July 1984". The Times.
  3. Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  4. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. "Hall of Fame". Bowls Australia.
  6. "Biased banter: Two Kens honoured in Hall of Fame". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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