Robert Slater (bowls)

Robert Slater

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Callenders BC
Medal record Men's Lawn bowls Representing British Empire Games 1934 London Rinks/Fours

Robert Slater was an English international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.^[1][2][3]

Bowls career

At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks/fours event with Ernie Gudgeon, Percy Tomlinson and Fred Biggin.^[4][5][6]

He was the 1933^[7] and 1934^[8] pairs champion with Billy Buckell at the National Championships representing Callenders Bowling Club, Kent ^[9] and was also twice Kent County champion.

References

1. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
3. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
4. "England win rinks bowling title". The Scotsman. 11 August 1934. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
6. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
7. "Favourites win Bowls Pairs". Daily News (London). 18 August 1933. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Callenders". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 17 August 1934. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Past Records". Bowls England.