Charlie Burch
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1919 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 2001 (aged 81) Taunton, Somerset, England | |||||||||||
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| Club | Taunton BC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Charles William Mark Burch (1919-2001), was an England international lawn bowler.
Bowls career
[edit]Burch became the English National champion in 1978 when he defeated the legendary David Bryant during the 1978 National Championship singles final.[1] He subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1979.[2][3]
He represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the fours event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Champ beaten". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 26 August 1978. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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