Bobby Stenhouse

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Bobby Stenhouse
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1924-12-16)16 December 1924
Tynemouth
Died4 April 1990(1990-04-04) (aged 65)
Wellingborough
Sport
SportBowls
ClubWellingborough Town BC
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kyeemagh team

Robert Hastie Stenhouse (1924–1990) was an England international lawn and indoor bowls competitor.[1]

Bowls career[edit]

He captained England at the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship where he won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy) and four years later represented England at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in the fours event.[2]

He won the 1963 fours title at the England Men's National Championships when bowling for Wellingborough Town BC.[3]

During the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, he was the England team manager and was also an indoor international from 1968-1972.[3]

Personal life[edit]

He took up bowls with his father in 1947 and was married in 1953.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ a b c Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.