Willie Adrain

Willie Adrain
Personal information
Nationality  Scotland
Born 1926
Sport
Club Dreghorn BC
and Ayrshire
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
1966 Kyeemagh fours

William 'Willie' Adrain (born 1926) is a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

He started playing bowls aged 12 after being introduced to the sport by his father who was a bowls greenkeeper and his brother also called Willie was a Scottish international.[2]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [3] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[4]

His son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  3. ↑ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  4. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
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