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Bobby Stenhouse

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Bobby Stenhouse
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1924-12-16)16 December 1924
Tynemouth, England
Died4 April 1990(1990-04-04) (aged 65)
Wellingborough, England
Sport
SportBowls
ClubWellingborough Town BC
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kyeemagh team

Robert Hastie Stenhouse (1924–1990) was an England international lawn and indoor bowls competitor.[1]

Bowls career

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Stenhouse won the 1963 national fours title[2] at the England Men's National Championships when bowling for Wellingborough Town BC.[3]

He captained England at the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, where he won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[4]

He represented England in the rinks (fours),[5] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Harold Powell, Norman Hook and Cliff Stroud.[6][7][8]

During the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, he was the England team manager and was also an indoor international from 1968-1972.[3]

Personal life

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He took up bowls with his father in 1947 and was married in 1953.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "Bowls". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 August 1963. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ a b c Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "World bowls sides fly in for big event". Halifax Evening Courier. 5 October 1966. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Bowls". Cambridge Daily News. 7 February 1970. Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  8. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.