George Adrain
{{Short description|Scottish lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
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George Adrain (born 12 April 1953) is a former Scottish international lawn bowler.
Personal life
George is from a famous bowling family, his father (Willie Adrain) and uncle also called (Willie) were both Scottish internationals. He started bowling aged 14 in early 1968 after being introduced to the sport by his father.{{cite book|last=Hawkes/Lindley|first=Ken/Gerard|title=the Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1974|publisher=Robert Hale and Company|isbn=0-7091-3658-7}}
Bowls career
George won the Scottish Triples in 1974 and British Triples in 1975.{{cite book|last=Warters|first=Bob|title=Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir|year=1984|publisher=Key Publishing Ltd}} His biggest achievement came in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen but bizarrely it was representing the United States. Jim Candelet fell ill during the competition leaving Skippy Arculli without a partner so Adrain the Scottish reserve took his place and the pair went on to win the Gold Medal.{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS352685810&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 18 July 1984|work=The Times}}
He won two gold medals for Scotland however when he partnered Grant Knox to win the Pairs Gold at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and was part of the fours team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The team consisted of Denis Love, Ian Bruce and Willie Wood.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48598|title=profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=24 December 2018|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224220254/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48598|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GBR Athletics}}
He was also part of the triples team that took Gold at the 1996 World Outdoor Championships. His clubs were the Dreghorn (Outdoors) and Irvine (Indoors).{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88|year=1987|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-86367-220-5}}
He also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships triples title in 1974 and the pairs title in 1997 and 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners|publisher=Bowls Scotland|access-date=18 April 2021|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404184426/https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners|url-status=dead}} In 1985, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning two pairs titles in 1985 and 1986.{{cite web | url=http://www.hklba.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=218&lang=en | title=HK Classic winners Men Singles | publisher=HKLBA | access-date=7 June 2021}}
References
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Category:Scottish male bowls players
Category:Bowls World Champions
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
Category:Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games