Charlie Clawson

Charles Clawson, known as Charlie, was born on 10 March 1901 and died in February 1975. He was a lawn bowls international from Northern Ireland who competed at the British Empire Games, now called the Commonwealth Games. At the 1934 Games in London he represented the Northern Irish team in the rinks (fours) event alongside Cecil Curran, George Watson and Percy Watson, and the four won the silver medal. He bowled for the Shaftesbury Bowls Club in Belfast and served as its honorary secretary. He was Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Bowling Association from 1933 to 1954, was twice national pairs champion with Cecil Curran, in 1932 and 1939, and chaired the British Isles Council in 1968. The pairs cup at the Irish National Bowls Championships is named after him.