Jimmy Hobday


Jimmy Hobday is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Hobday won two gold medals in the 1980 World [Outdoor Bowls Championship|triples] at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock and David Bryant and the team event.

Commonwealth Games

He represented England at the [1982 Commonwealth Games] in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

National

Hobday was an international from 1977 until 1984 and won the 1976 Junior Singles Championship at the List of [Bowls England Men's National Championships|National Championships].
He bowled for both Wiltshire and Hampshire, the latter for the Boscombe Cliff BC.