William Tate (bowls)

William Tate (1918–1977) was an Irish international lawn bowler.[2][3]

William Tate
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born(1918-01-07)7 January 1918
Belfast
Died5 March 1977 (aged 59)[1]
Forster Green Hospital, Belfast
Sport
ClubBangor BC
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburghfours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1964singles

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon. Four years later he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.[4]

He was also part of the fours team that just missed out on a medal at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship when a combined Ireland team finished in fourth place in the fours competition.

He won the 1963 Irish National Bowls Championships singles [5] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1964.[6][7]

References
  1. "Billy Tate, there'll never be another". Belfast Telegraph. 7 March 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 4 June 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  4. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "IBA Singles winners". Irish Bowls Association.
  6. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  7. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
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