Charlie Clawson
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| Nationality |  Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Shaftesbury BC | ||||||||||||||
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Charles Clawson was an Irish Lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1][2]
Bowls career
[edit]At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the rinks (fours) event with Cecil Curran, George Watson and Percy Watson.[3][4][5]
He bowled for the Shaftesbury Bowls Club in Belfast and was the Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Bowls Association from 1933-1954.[1][6] The pairs cup at the Irish National Bowls Championships is named after him.
He was twice National pairs champion with Cecil Curran in 1932 and 1939.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Past Officials". Northern Ireland Bowling Association.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association.