Bill O'Neill (bowls)

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

Bill O'Neill
Personal information
Nationality New Zealand
Born1909
Diedunknown
Sport
ClubCarlton BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kyeemagh fours

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

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