Anthony AllcockOBE (born 1955) is an English bowls player. Born in Leicestershire, England,[1] he is considered to be one of the leading bowlers of his generation and was twice world outdoor singles champion (1992 and 1996) and three times World Indoor Singles Champion (1986, 1987 and 2002).[2]
He has won eight National Championship titles, singles (1990, 1991), triples (1990, 1995), fours (1994) and junior singles (1975, 1977, 1981) bowling for Belgrave BC and then Cheltenham BC.[10] He has also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1992.[11]
^Perris, Jeff (2008) All About Bowls: The History, Construction and Maintenance of Bowling, Sports Turf Research Institute, ISBN978-1-873431-06-1, p. 3-4
^Footman, Tony (ed.) (2000) Guinness World Records 2001, IBS, ISBN978-1-892051-01-1, p. 205
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Anthony Allcock OBE born 1955 is an English bowls player Born in Leicestershire England 1 he is considered to be one of the leading bowlers of his generation and was twice world outdoor singles champion 1992 and 1996 and three times World Indoor Singles Champion 1986 1987 and 2002 2 Tony AllcockOBEPersonal informationNationalityEnglishBorn 1955 06 11 11 June 1955 age 68 Thurmaston LeicestershireSportSportBowlsClubBelgrave BCCheltenham BCMedal record Representing England World Outdoor Championships 1980 Melbourne triples 1980 Melbourne team 1984 Aberdeen fours 1984 Aberdeen pairs 1988 Auckland pairs 1988 Auckland fours 1988 Auckland team 1992 Worthing singles 1996 Adelaide singles Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria singles World Indoor Championships 1986 Coatbridge singles 1986 Bournemouth pairs 1987 Coatbridge singles 1987 Bournemouth pairs 1989 Preston pairs 1990 Preston pairs 1991 Preston pairs 1992 Preston pairs 1997 Preston pairs 2002 Yarmouth singles 2003 Yarmouth pairs British Isles Championships 1992 singles 1995 fours Contents 1 Bowls career 1 1 World Outdoor Championships 1 2 Commonwealth Games 1 3 World Indoor Championships 1 4 National 2 Personal life 3 Publications and videos 3 1 Books 3 2 Videos 4 ReferencesBowls career editWorld Outdoor Championships edit Allcock won double gold at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne in the team event Leonard Cup and triples with Jimmy Hobday and the legendary David Bryant Four years later he won two more medals including the gold medal in the fours with George Turley John Bell and Julian Haines at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Aberdeen 3 After winning three more medals at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland he went on to win two singles gold medals at successive championships They were at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide With his eleven world indoor titles he has won seventeen world titles in total 2 4 Commonwealth Games edit Allcock played in three successive Commonwealth Games in 1990 1994 and 1998 He won singles silver medal in the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria British Columbia Canada 5 6 Allcock was appointed the bowls performance coach for the England team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 7 He is the current Chief Executive of Bowls England 8 World Indoor Championships edit Allcock was also three times singles and eight times pairs champion at the World Indoor Bowls Championships 9 The singles wins were in 1986 1987 and 2002 and the pairs six with David Bryant were in 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 and one each with Mervyn King and David Holt were in 1997 and 2003 National edit He has won eight National Championship titles singles 1990 1991 triples 1990 1995 fours 1994 and junior singles 1975 1977 1981 bowling for Belgrave BC and then Cheltenham BC 10 He has also won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1992 11 Personal life editAllcock is now chief executive of Bowls England Having been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE in the 1989 New Year Honours for services to bowls he was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls 12 13 Publications and videos editAllcock has written several books on bowls and released a series of instructional videos on the subject Books edit Allcock Tony 1987 Improve Your Bowls HarperCollinsWillow ISBN 978 0 00 218271 3 Allcock Tony amp Rhys Jones David 1988 Bowls Skills Golden Books ISBN 978 0 600 55778 4 Allcock Tony 1989 End to End A Year in Bowls Heinemann Kingswood ISBN 978 0 434 98160 1 Bryant David Allcock Tony amp Horton Edward 1994 Bowl to Win HarperCollinsWillow ISBN 978 0 00 218523 3 Allcock Tony Winning Bowls Hutchinson ISBN 978 0 09 173677 4 Videos edit Tony Allcock s Art of Bowls 4 volumes References edit Gordin Joel 1996 Goodwill Ambassador Jerusalem Post 22 October 1996 a b Whyte Derrick 2002 Bowls Allcock rolls back the years dead link The Independent 21 January 2002 retrieved 2010 05 06 Newby Donald 1987 Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88 Telegraph Publications ISBN 0 86367 220 5 Profile Bowls Tawa COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS BOWLS GRB Athletics Athletes and Results Commonwealth Games Federation England job for Allcock Evening Standard 5 June 2001 Perris Jeff 2008 All About Bowls The History Construction and Maintenance of Bowling Sports Turf Research Institute ISBN 978 1 873431 06 1 p 3 4 Footman Tony ed 2000 Guinness World Records 2001 IBS ISBN 978 1 892051 01 1 p 205 Past Records Bowls England Previous Winners British Isles Bowls Council UK list No 51578 The London Gazette Supplement 30 December 1988 p 11 No 62666 The London Gazette Supplement 8 June 2019 p B10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tony Allcock amp oldid 1195996932, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
