Dick Bernard


Richard "Dick" Bernard was a Scottish international lawn bowler who won a gold medal at the world championships.

Biography

Bernard was National champion in 1970.
Benard won a gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in the singles at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.
he represented the Scottish team at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada, where he competed in the Lawn bowls at the [1974 British Commonwealth Games|fours event], with Doug Copland, John Fleming and Willie Adrain.

Personal life

He was a mining engineer by trade. He was a county billiards player before switching to bowls in 1948. He died on 23 February 2012, at the age of 94.