Tommy Harvey
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| Nationality |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Belgravia BC and Southern Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Andrew Harvey (born 1933) is a South African international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a bronze medal in the triples with Kelvin Lightfoot and Leon Kessel at the event.[3]
Six years later he secured two bronze medals; one in the singles and another in the pairs with Brian Ellwood at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).
Family
[edit]His father Horace Harvey won the singles title at the 1938 British Empire Games and his grandfather Andrew Harvey competed in the pairs competition at the 1934 British Empire Games.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He was a business partner in sports goods by trade.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.