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Angus Blair
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born(1965-05-13)13 May 1965[1]
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubHaddington BC (outdoor)
Midlothian IBC (indoor)
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1992 Worthingfours
Gold medal – first place1992 Worthingteam
Bronze medal – third place1992 Worthingtriples
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1987singles
Gold medal – first place1989pairs

Angus Ogilvie Blair (born 13 May 1965) is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.[2]

Biography

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Blair made his international debut in 1984 [3] and won a gold medal in the fours and a bronze medal in the singles at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[4]

He won the 1986 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles crown and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1987.[5]

Blair represented the Scottish team[1] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[6] where he competed in the pairs event,[7] with Graham Robertson.[8]

He also won the national pairs in 1988 and the fours in 2001.[9]

References

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  1. 1 2 "The glory hunters". Aberdeen Evening Express. 24 January 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 7 January 2026 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Angus Blair Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  6. "Scotland Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  8. "Bruces's golden shot". Aberdeen Evening Express. 2 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2026 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Anxious moments for Wood". Dundee Courier. 6 August 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 17 April 2021 via The British Newspaper Archive.