Ian Charles Sutherland (November 15, 1935 – 1999) was a Welsh international

lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

player.

Bowls career

He represented Wales during the

Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games The lawn bowls competition at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January until 2 February 1974. David Bryant won his third successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, with a medals cache of ...

. Four years later, he won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...

in the men's fours at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...

in Edmonton with Ellis Stanbury, Gwyn Evans, and John Thomson. He won a national pairs title in 1971 when he was with the Ebbw Vale club.

References

Welsh male bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games 1935 births 1999 deaths Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls {{UK-bowls-bio-stub