Tommy Armstrong (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1939 Penrith, Cumbria, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Penrith Castle Park BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tommy Armstrong (born 1939) is a former England international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]He won a silver medal in the triples and bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Peter Line at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).
Commonwealth Games
[edit]He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3]
National
[edit]He has won the 1973 pairs national title[4] with Ronald Milburn, when bowling for the Penrith Castle Park BC at the national title.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tommy Armstrong Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Winner Ron Forgets". Daily Mirror. 23 August 1973. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.