Dick Bernard
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
| Born | 22 June 1917 Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Died | 23 February 2012 (aged 94) Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland |
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| Club | Gorebridge BC |
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Richard "Dick" Bernard (22 June 1917 – 23 February 2012) was a Scottish international lawn bowler who won a gold medal at the world championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bernard was National champion in 1970.[2][3]
Benard won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy) and a silver medal in the singles at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[4][5]
he represented the Scottish team at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada,[6] where he competed in the fours event, with Doug Copland, John Fleming and Willie Adrain.[7]
Personal life
[edit]He was a mining engineer by trade. He was a county billiards player before switching to bowls in 1948.[8] He died on 23 February 2012, at the age of 94.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dick Bernard Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ "Scotland Edmonton 1978". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Burgess leaves it very late". The Scotsman. 12 June 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ "Bowls: Sport mourns loss of Gorebridge legend". The Scotsman. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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