Willie Harkness

Willie Harkness, born around 1964, is a former international lawn bowler from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games. At the age of 13 he won the Adam Howieson Open Youth singles title and the Philpstoun singles title, and in 1981 he won the national junior singles. He was a member of the Glengowan Bowls Club in Caldercruix and the Coatbridge Indoor Bowls Club and represented Scotland at international level both outdoors and indoors. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh he played in the fours with Jim Boyle, Graham Robertson and Malcolm Graham and finished sixth. At the time of the Games he worked as a planning technician for West Lothian District Council and lived in Philpstoun. He was runner-up in the pairs at the 1986 Scottish National Bowls Championships.