William John Greer Rosbotham (1909 - date of death unknown), was a Northern Ireland international lawn bowler.[1]
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | |||||||||||
| Born | 1909 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | Lisnagarvey BC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editRosbotham was a civil servant by trade and lived at Loughall House in Loughgall, County Armagh.[2]
He represented the 1954 Northern Irish team[3] and won a gold medal in the pairs event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Percy Watson.[4][5] After the games he was given a civic reception by the Lord and Mayor and Lady Mayoress at the Belfast City Hall.[6]
He was the 1973 Northern Ireland singles champion.[7]
References
edit- ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "25 June 1954, Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal Passenger List on Empress of France". Ancestry. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ↑ "Two from Ireland for Canada trip". Belfast Telegraph. 11 January 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ↑ "Ulster Athletes Entertained". Belfast News-Letter. 4 September 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Past Winners". NIBA.
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