Spencer Wilshire

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.[1]

Bowls career

He won a silver medal in the pairs with Lyn Perkins at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.[2][3]

He was the Welsh National singles champion in 1978.[4] and the pairs champion on four occasions in 1975, 1978, 1980 and 1995.[5]

With Lyn Parkins, he was British champion in the pairs three times in 1976, 1979 and 1981.[6]

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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