Leigh Bishop (bowls)

Leigh Bishop
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born(1922-03-02)2 March 1922
Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
Died26 February 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 93)
Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
Sport
ClubBurnie BC, Wynyard BC
and Tasmania
Medal record
Representing Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1976 Johannesburg fours
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Johannesburg team

Leigh Bishop (2 March 1922 – 26 February 2016) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

Bishop won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Barry Salter and Keith Poole and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy), at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[2][3]

Personal life

He served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II, and played a variety of sports before settling on lawn bowls in 1951.[4]

He died in 2016.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Bishop Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. ^ "Navy man had passion for bowls". Centenary of ANZAC. Tasmanian Government. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Vale: Leigh Bishop". Bowls Australia.
  6. ^ "Death Notice: Leigh BISHOP". The Advocate. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.