Tony Allcock

Tony Allcock

Personal information
Nationality	England
Born	(1955-06-11) 11 June 1955 Thurmaston, Leicestershire
Medal record Representing  England World Outdoor Championships 1980 Melbourne triples 1984 Aberdeen fours 1984 Aberdeen pairs 1988 Auckland pairs 1988 Auckland fours 1992 Worthing singles 1996 Adelaide singles Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria singles World Indoor Championships 1986 Coatbridge singles 1987 Coatbridge singles 1989 Preston pairs 1990 Preston pairs 1991 Preston pairs 1992 Preston pairs 1997 Preston pairs 2002 Yarmouth singles 2003 Yarmouth pairs

Tony Allcock MBE (born 1955) is a British bowls player. Born in Leicestershire, England,^[1] he is twice world outdoor singles champion (1992 and 1996), and three times World Indoor Singles Champion (1986, 1987 and 2002).^[2] He was also world indoor pairs champion with David Bryant six times (1986–87 and 1989–92).^[3] He has won fourteen world titles in total.^[2] He also competed in the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, where he won the silver medal in the men's singles event.

Allcock was appointed the bowls performance coach for the England team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.^[4] He is the current Chief Executive of Bowls England.^[5]

He has also written several books on bowls, and released a series of instructional videos on the subject.

Publications

Books

• Allcock, Tony (1987) Improve Your Bowls, HarperCollinsWillow, ISBN 978-0-00-218271-3
• Allcock, Tony & Rhys Jones, David (1988) Bowls Skills, Golden Books, ISBN 978-0-600-55778-4
• Allcock, Tony (1989) End to End: A Year in Bowls, Heinemann Kingswood, ISBN 978-0-434-98160-1
• Bryant, David; Allcock, Tony & Horton, Edward (1994) Bowl to Win, HarperCollinsWillow, ISBN 978-0-00-218523-3
• Allcock, Tony Winning Bowls, Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-173677-4

Videos

• Tony Allcock's Art of Bowls (4 volumes)

References