Peter Line (bowls)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 13 October 1930 Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 17 February 2025 (aged 94) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Atherley BC Banister Park BC |
Peter Line (13 October 1930 – 17 February 2025) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
World Championships
Line won the fours gold medal with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Ted Hayward at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] Four years later, he won two more medals: a bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Tommy Armstrong and a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Cup).
Commonwealth Games
Line won the gold medal in the pairs with Norman King during the 1970 British Commonwealth Games[3] and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[4][5]
National
Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in Southampton, Hampshire, and won the national singles title in 1961 and 1964.[6][2][7][8] In 1999, he won the national senior singles.[9]
Line first played for England in 1955.
Personal life and death
In 1984, he married fellow England international, Wendy Line (née Clarke).[10] By trade, Line was a civil service cartographical draughtsman and joined the Banister Park Bowls Club in 1948.[2] He died on 17 February 2025, aged 94.[11]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls TAWA.
- ^ a b c Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Bowls". Cambridge Daily News. 7 February 1970. Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
- ^ "Hampshire Man is Bowls Champion". Portsmouth Evening News. 26 August 1961. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ice-cool Line joins the bowls greats". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1964. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Not all comes to he who waits". Mid Sussex Times. 16 September 1999. Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowls: Mixed fortunes for family pair". The Telegraph. 26 February 2003.
- ^ Remembering Peter Line – World and Commonwealth Games Medallist