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Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler

Spencer Wilshire
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1945-05-07)7 May 1945
Sport
ClubTonypandy BC and
Gelli Park BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1979 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1981 pairs

Spencer Wilshire (born 1945) is a Welsh former international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

He won a silver medal in the pairs with Lyn Perkins at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.

He was the Welsh National singles champion in 1978. and the pairs champion on four occasions in 1975, 1978, 1980 and 1995.

With Lyn Parkins, he was British champion in the pairs three times in 1976, 1979 and 1981.

References

  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  5. "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
  6. "Spencer can spark win". Daily Mirror. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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