Jim Boyle (1935 – 11 October 2015) was a Scottish international lawn and indoor

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. Boyle won a silver medal in the triples and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. He made his Scottish international debut indoors in 1971 and outdoors in 1972. He competed at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. This was the second Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largely African, Asian and Caribbe ...

in the men's fours event.

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1935 births 2015 deaths Scottish male bowls players Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub