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Birth name | William Adrain | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Scottish | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Dreghorn, Scotland | 26 January 1926|||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 November 1997 Dreghorn, Scotland | (aged 71)|||||||||||||||||
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Club | Dreghorn BC and Ayrshire | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Adrain (26 January 1926 – 19 November 1997) was 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] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[5]
He also won the 1963 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title.[6]
His father James was the greenkeeper at the Dreghorn Bowling Club and introduced him to bowls when he was aged 12. His own son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.[7]