Tommy Harvey

Thomas Andrew Harvey (born 1933) is a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Tommy Harvey
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born1933
Sport
ClubBelgravia BC
and Southern Transvaal
Medal record
Representing South Africa
World Outdoor Championships
1966 Kyeemagh triples
1972 Worthing singles
1972 Worthing pairs
1972 Worthing team

Bowls career

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a bronze medal in the triples with Kelvin Lightfoot and Leon Kessel at the event.[3]

Six years later he secured two bronze medals; one in the singles and another in the pairs with Brian Ellwood at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

Family

His father Horace Harvey won the singles title at the 1938 British Empire Games and his grandfather Andrew Harvey competed in the pairs competition at the 1934 British Empire Games.[5]

Personal life

He was a business partner in sports goods by trade.[6]

References
  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  5. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  6. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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