John Bell (bowls)

John Bell is a former English lawn and indoor bowler and commentator born on 14 January 1947.[1]

John Bell
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1947-01-14) 14 January 1947
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubWigton BC (outdoors)
Cumbria BC (indoors)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
1980 Melbourne Men's team
1984 Aberdeen Men's fours
1988 Auckland Men's triples
1988 Auckland Men's fours
1996 Adelaide Men's fours

Bowls career

World Championships

Bell won his first gold medal as part of the England team that won the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.[2] Four years later he won another gold at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championships.[3] Following double bronze in the triples and fours at the 1988 Auckland Bell won a third gold medal in the fours with Andy Thomson, Brett Morley and David Cutler at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4]

Commonwealth Games

Bell represented England in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games [5] and the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[6]

National

Bell made his first appearance in the National Championships at Mortlake in 1966 when he was just 18. He won National Championship titles in the singles in 1983, the triples in 1976 and pairs and triples in 1991.[7] He also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1984.[8] [9]

He bowled for the Wigton Club (outdoors) and the Cumbria Club in Carlisle (indoors).[10] In the mid-1980s he joined the BBC bowls commentary team.[2]

References
  1. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 28 July 1984". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. "David Rhys Jones. "Successful defence puts Allcock on top of the world." Times [London, England] 1 Apr. 1996". The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  7. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  8. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  9. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  10. Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
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