Willie Adrain

Willie Adrain
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born(1926-01-26)26 January 1926
Dreghorn, Scotland
Died19 November 1997(1997-11-19) (aged 71)
Dreghorn, Scotland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubDreghorn BC, Irvine
and Ayrshire
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kyeemagh fours
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kyeemagh team

William "Willie" Adrain (26 January 1926 – 19 November 1997) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Biography

Adrain started playing bowls aged 12 after being introduced to the sport by his father James, who was a bowls greenkeeper at the Dreghorn Bowling Club. His uncle also called Willie was a Scottish international.[2] Subsequently, Willie became a member of the Dreghorn club.[3]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [4] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.[5] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[6]

Adrain represented the Scottish team at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada,[7] where he competed in the fours event, with Doug Copland, John Fleming and Dick Bernard.[8]

He also won the 1963 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title.[9]

Personal life

His own son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  3. ^ "McGill for Games at Edmonton". The Scotsman. 11 February 1978. p. 14. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  5. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  6. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  7. ^ "Scotland Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Burgess leaves it very late". The Scotsman. 12 June 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Bowling". Wishaw Press. 9 August 1963. p. 16. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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