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Tony Allcock

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titles, singles (1990, 1991), triples (1990, 1995), fours (1994) and junior singles (1975, 1977, 1981) bowling for Belgrave BC and then Cheltenham BC. He has also won the singles at the
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Allcock has written several books on bowls, and released a series of instructional videos on the subject.
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he went on to win two singles gold medals at successive championships. They were at the
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Allcock played in three successive Commonwealth Games in 1990, 1994 and 1998. He won
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Allcock was appointed the bowls performance coach for the England team at the
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Allcock was also three times singles and eight times pairs champion at the
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Allcock is now chief executive of Bowls England. Having been appointed a
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All About Bowls: The History, Construction and Maintenance of Bowling
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in Melbourne in the team event (Leonard Cup) and triples with
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Bryant, David; Allcock, Tony & Horton, Edward (1994)
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He is the current 39:Personal information 16:English bowls player 828:(and one each with 35: 1243:The London Gazette 1223:The London Gazette 1203:"Previous Winners" 903:Improve Your Bowls 747:Commonwealth Games 695:and the legendary 337:Commonwealth Games 21: 1148:978-1-892051-01-1 1127:978-1-873431-06-1 1004:, 22 October 1996 967:978-0-09-173677-4 953:978-0-00-218523-3 939:978-0-434-98160-1 925:978-0-600-55778-4 911:978-0-00-218271-3 852:He has won eight 648: 647: 642: 641: 47:British (English) 33: 1331: 1248: 1247: 1234: 1228: 1227: 1213: 1207: 1206: 1199: 1193: 1192: 1191:. Bowls England. 1185: 1179: 1178: 1176: 1174: 1169:. 24 August 1990 1164: 1157: 1151: 1136: 1130: 1115: 1109: 1105:Evening Standard 1100: 1094: 1093: 1086: 1080: 1079: 1078:. GRB Athletics. 1072: 1066: 1065: 1058: 1052: 1051: 1033: 1027: 1014: 1005: 996: 919:, Golden Books, 662:player. 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Index

OBE
Thurmaston
Leicestershire
England
World Outdoor Championships
1980 Melbourne
triples
1980 Melbourne
team
1984 Aberdeen
fours
1984 Aberdeen
pairs
1988 Auckland
pairs
1988 Auckland
fours
1988 Auckland
team
1992 Worthing
singles
1996 Adelaide
singles
Commonwealth Games
1994 Victoria
singles
World Indoor Championships
1986 Coatbridge
singles
1986 Bournemouth

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