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David McGill

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David McGill was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler and commentator, born in 1947 and died on 21 January 2022. At the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne he won a silver medal in the triples with John Summers and Willie McQueen and two bronze medals, in the singles and in the team event for the Leonard Trophy. He represented Scotland in the singles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. A member of the Sighthill Bowls Club, he was the 1976 national champion and then won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1977. An architect by trade, he also commentated for the BBC on televised bowls competitions.

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1947 1
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    David McGill (1947
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    was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler and commentator
  • Plays: Lawn bowls, Lead
    was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler and commentator
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Bowls career, World Championship
    at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, Commonwealth Games
    represented Scotland in the singles at the Commonwealth Games
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