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British lawn bowler

Julian Haines
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornFebruary 1944
Died7 March 2017(2017-03-07) (aged 73)
Sport
ClubBoscombe Cliff
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Aberdeen Men's fours

Julian Roy Haines (1944–2017) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Haines bowled for Berkshire and won the National Indoor Pairs in 1974. His finest moment came when he won the Fours gold medal at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen with Tony Allcock, John Bell and George Turley.

He represented England in the fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

In 1999, he won the national triples, bolwing for Boscombe Cliff.

Personal life

He started a company called Julian Haines Bowls Limited in 1998 which is based at the Bournemouth Indoor Bowls Centre. The company sells bowls goods and provides forums detailing aspects of the sport.

He died on 7 March 2017.

References

  1. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  3. "Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 28 July 1984". The Times.
  4. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "County lose final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 August 1999. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Julian Haines Bowls". Julian Baines Bowls Limited.
  8. "News: Death of Julian Haines". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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