Jimmy Hobday
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 1951 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Boscombe Cliff BC |
Jimmy Hobday is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]Hobday won two gold medals in the triples at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock and David Bryant and the team event (Leonard Cup).[2][3]
Commonwealth Games
[edit]He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4]
National
[edit]Hobday was an international from 1977[5] until 1984[6] and won the 1976 Junior Singles Championship at the National Championships.[7]
He bowled for both Wiltshire and Hampshire, the latter for the Boscombe Cliff BC.
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England attempt to break Scots monopoly". The Times. 10 June 1977. p. 13. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Honours Board". Boscombe Cliff BC.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.