Syd Thompson
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1912 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1998 (aged 85–86) Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Willowfield BC | ||||||||||||||
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Sydney "Syd" James Thompson (29 August 1912 – 1998) was an Irish international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Biography
Thompson was a member of the Willowfield Bowls Club.[2]
Thompson served as the Northern Ireland Private Greens Bowling League (NIPGBL) president in 1974 and as Irish Bowling Association (IBA) and the British Isles Bowls Council (BIBC) president in 1964.[3][4][5]
He won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[6]
He played 78 times for the Irish outdoor team and 51 times for the indoor team and was awarded an O.B.E.[7]
He won the 1950 singles title and 1949 & 1957 pairs title at the Irish National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Willowfield Bowls Club.[8]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Selectors Break Routine". Belfast News-Letter. 2 June 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Presidents | Northern Ireland Private Greens Bowling League". Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "BIBC Past Officers". British Isles Bowls Council. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "14 sept 2017 Northern Ireland Private Greens Bowling League (NIPGBL) anniversary book web version". issuu. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).