Richard Corsie

Richard Corsie MBE (born 27 November 1966) is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player, he is considered to be among the best bowls players of all time.[1]

Richard Corsie
MBE
Personal information
Born (1966-11-27) 27 November 1966
Scotland
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 WorthingPairs
Silver medal – second place 1996 AdelaidePairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 PrestonSingles
Gold medal – first place 1991 PrestonSingles
Gold medal – first place 1993 PrestonSingles
Silver medal – second place 1994 PrestonSingles
Silver medal – second place 1995 PrestonSingles
Gold medal – first place 1995 PrestonPairs
Gold medal – first place 1998 PrestonPairs
Silver medal – second place 2002 YarmouthSingles
Silver medal – second place 2003 YarmouthSingles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 EdinburghSingles
Bronze medal – third place 1990 AucklandSingles
Gold medal – first place 1994 VictoriaSingles

Bowls career

Corsie won the World Indoor Bowls Championships singles title three times during his career[2] and also won the pairs title twice with Alex Marshall and Graham Robertson respectively.

He competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the singles event and became the youngest Commonwealth Games medallist in bowling.[3]

He won the pairs title at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Marshall and two years later won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the singles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games beating his long-time nemesis and friend Tony Allcock in the final.[4]

In 1987, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning the pairs titles in 1988.[5][6]

He was the Chairman of the Professional Bowls Association when the World Bowls Tour was formed on 1 January 1997.[7]

Awards

Corsie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to bowls.[8]

He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010.[9]

References
  1. BBC – New Champions 1990- 1999
  2. Scottish Indoor Bowls Organisation – FACTS
  3. "Times are changing for Corsie, the bowling postman". The Daily Telegraph. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  4. BBC – A Sporting Nation
  5. "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. "Jones, David Rhys. "New body defended by Corsie." Times, 1 Jan. 1997, p. 29". Times Digital Archives.
  8. UK list: "No. 55354". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 1998. p. 15.
  9. "Six sporting legends honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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