William Jackson (born 1970, Lincolnshire) is an English international indoor and lawn bowler.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 2 March 1970 Lincoln, England |
| Sport | |
| Club | Lincoln & District IBC St. Giles, Lincoln |
Medal record | |
Career
editJackson was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 World Indoor Pairs title (with David Gourlay) and the 2009 singles title at the World Indoor Bowls Championships.[1][2] He also won the WBT Super Bowls title in 2014 at Blackpool Newton Hall.[3] Since 1998 he has competed for England 54 times at indoor international level.
He has won the indoor National singles in 2003, pairs in 2001, triples in 2007 along with the mixed fours the same year and won the won the indoor British Isles singles in 2004 and the pairs in 2002. He is the only Lincolnshire indoor bowler to have won all 4 county titles not just only in the same season, but he won all 4 finals on the same day in an epic day which lasted for 17 hours.[citation needed]
He was honoured in 2009 by winning the Sportsman of the Year award at the Lincolnshire Sports Awards and also he received the City of Lincoln Civic Award from the Mayor.[citation needed]
Outdoors he finished runner-up in the Bowls England National Championships (men's triples) in 1997, bowling for St. Giles, Lincoln.[4]
Family
editBilly was born to parents William and Hilary. He is married to Rachael and has two sons, Ryan (born 1996), and Benjamin (born 2003).
References
edit- ^ "Billy Jackson". Worldbowlstour.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Jackson takes world indoor title". BBC Sport. 25 January 2009.
- ^ ":: Henselite - Leaders in lawn bowls, clothing and accessories worldwide ::". Henselite.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Notts pair chase the singles". Nottingham Evening Post. 27 August 1997. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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