John Bettles Explained

John Bettles
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:30 March 1907
Birth Place:Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Death Place:Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Club:Irthlingborough BC
Northamptonshire

John Harris Bettles (1907–1983) was an England international lawn bowler.[1] [2]

Bowls career

He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff with Norman King, John Scadgell and Walter Phillips.[3] [4] [5]

Personal life

He took up bowls in 1931 and was shoe and boot operative by trade.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa.
  2. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. News: Splendid tribute to bowler . Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 13 February 1958 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2024.
  4. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
  5. News: "Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3. The Times . 26 July 1958 . 3 . Times Digital Archives.
  6. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.

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