Norman Snowy Walker

Norman Stewart 'Snowy' Walker (1901 – 1977) was a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Norman 'Snowy' Walker

Personal information
Nationality	South Africa Scotland
Born	July 22, 1901 Dundee, Scotland
Died	September 3, 1977 (aged 76)
Sport
Club	Pretoria West BC and Northern Transvaal
Medal record Representing South Africa World Outdoor Championships 1966 Kyeemagh pairs Commonwealth Games 1938 Sydney rinks/fours 1950 Auckland fours 1958 Cardiff fours

Bowls career

Walker who was born is Dundee in Scotland won three medals at the Commonwealth Games. In 1938 he won a rinks (fours) silver followed by the gold medal in the fours at the 1950 British Empire Games and in 1958 he won another silver medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[2] [3]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [4] and won a silver medal in the pairs with Tommy Press at the event.[5]

He won the 1954 singles and two rinks titles at the National Championships bowling for the Pretoria West Bowls Club.[6]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
2. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
4. Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
5. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
6. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).