Bill_O'Neill_(bowls)

Bill O'Neill (bowls)

Bill O'Neill (bowls)

New Zealand international lawn bowler

For the American ten-pin bowler, see Bill O'Neill (bowler).

William P. O'Neill (1909 – date of death unknown) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]

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Bowls career

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966[2] and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Ron Buchan and Gordon Jolly at the event.[3]

He won the 1954, 1960 and 1963 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Carlton Bowls Club.[4][5]

Awards

He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. [3]
    "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
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    Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
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    "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  6. [6]
    "Hall of Fame Created". Bowls Canterbury. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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