Chris Ward (bowls)
{{Short description|English lawn bowler}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Chris Ward
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1941|12|25}} {{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=184188669:4217&d=bmd_1598251674|title=1941 births|publisher=Free BMD}}
| birth_place = Fakenham, Norfolk, England
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| club = Cromer and District Bowling Club
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 1986 Edinburgh| pairs }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1983|singles}}
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Christopher C Ward (born 1941) is a England former international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2528|title=Chris Ward Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa|access-date=2016-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231170204/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2528|archive-date=2016-12-31|url-status=dead}}
Bowls career
Ward won a bronze medal in the pairs with his younger brother David Ward at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GBR Athletics}} He had earlier represented England in the pairs, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/47981|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
In addition he has won four National titles including the singles in 1977{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19770820/016/0016 |title=Hufton is defeated |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=20 August 1977 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 August 2024}} and 1982,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19820821/448/0038 |title=Printer Chris bowls bonanza |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=21 August 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=19 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England}} and the fours in 1980.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19800814/012/0012 |title=Sacked Ward proves them wrong |work=Western Daily Press |date=14 August 1980 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 August 2024}}
Ward won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1983.{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=9 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109233329/https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Patrick|title=Guinness Bowls Records|year=1986|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-414-3}}
Family
In addition to his brother David being an international player his sister Jayne Roylance was an international player and national champion.{{cite web|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/jayne-roylance-dies-1-5770655|title=Norfolk's former England star Jayne Roylance dies at the age of 71|publisher=Eastern Daily Press}}
References
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Category:English male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games