Julian Haines

Julian Haines
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornFebruary 1944
Died7 March 2017(2017-03-07) (aged 73)
Sport
ClubBoscombe Cliff
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Aberdeen Men's fours

Julian Roy Haines (1944–2017) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Haines bowled for Berkshire and won the National Indoor Pairs in 1974.[2] His finest moment came when he won the Fours gold medal at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen with Tony Allcock, John Bell and George Turley.[3]

He represented England in the fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4][5]

In 1999, he won the national triples, bolwing for Boscombe Cliff.[6]

Personal life

He started a company called Julian Haines Bowls Limited in 1998 which is based at the Bournemouth Indoor Bowls Centre. The company sells bowls goods and provides forums detailing aspects of the sport.[7]

He died on 7 March 2017.[8]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  3. ^ "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 28 July 1984". The Times.
  4. ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "County lose final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 August 1999. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Julian Haines Bowls". Julian Baines Bowls Limited.
  8. ^ "News: Death of Julian Haines". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.