William Tate (bowls)
{{Short description|Northern Irish international lawn bowler}}
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| death_date = 5 March 1977 (aged 59){{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002711/19300816/061/0003|title= Billy Tate, there'll never be another |date=7 March 1977|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=4 June 2021|page=20 |via=The British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 1970 Edinburgh|fours}}
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William Tate (1918–1977) was an Irish international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2606|title=profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=Commonwealth Games Medallists|publisher=GBR Athletics}}
Bowls career
He won a bronze medal in the fours, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh; alongside John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon. Four years later, he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48111|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
He was also part of the fours team that missed out on a medal at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, when a combined Ireland team finished in fourth place in the fours competition.
He won the 1963 Irish National Bowls Championships singles {{cite web|url=http://irishbowlingassociation.co.uk/iba-national-championships-previous-winners/|title=IBA Singles winners|publisher=Irish Bowls Association}} and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1964.{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council}}{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Patrick|title=Guinness Bowls Records|year=1986|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-414-3}}
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Category:Male lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Northern Ireland
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games