John Hershaw (1912-1966) from Ardeer, North Ayrshire was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[2]
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| Nationality | Scottish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1912 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 November 1966 (aged 54)[1] Stevenston, North Ayrshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ardeer Recreation BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editHershaw competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [3] and he won a silver medal in the singles at the championship.[4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[5]
He won the Scottish National Bowls Championships in 1965 and 1966[6][7][8] and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1966.[9]
He collapsed at home and died on 17 November 1966, just two weeks after the 1966 World Championships and the Stevenston Town Council organised a trophy event called the Hershaw Memorial Trophy the following year.[10]
References
edit- ^ "HERSHAW MEMORIAL TROPHY". Three Towners.net. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "John Hershaw profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Notes". Irvine Herald. 12 August 1966. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ "Scottish bowler dies". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 538. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 November 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.