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Richard Corsie

Scottish bowls player

Summary

Scottish bowls player

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name	Richard Corsie

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birth_place	Scotland
sport	Lawn and indoor bowls
club	Craigentinny BC

Richard Corsie MBE (born 27 November 1966) is a Scottish international outdoor and indoor bowls player, he is considered to be among the best bowls players of all time.

Early life

Corsie was born on 27 November 1966 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Bowls career

Corsie won the World Indoor Bowls Championships singles title three times during his career and also won the pairs title twice with Alex Marshall and Graham Robertson respectively.

He competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the singles event and became the youngest Commonwealth Games medallist in bowling.

He won the pairs title at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Marshall and two years later won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the singles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games beating his long-time nemesis and friend Tony Allcock in the final.

In 1987, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title, in addition to winning the pairs titles in 1988.

He was the Chairman of the Professional Bowls Association when the World Bowls Tour was formed on 1 January 1997.

Awards

Corsie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to bowls.

He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010.

References

(24 January 1990). "The glory hunters". Aberdeen Evening Express.
"BBC - A Sporting Nation - Richard Corsie".
[http://www.scottishindoorbowls.org.uk/facts.htm] Scottish Indoor Bowls Organisation – FACTS
(2 August 1986). "Times are changing for Corsie, the bowling postman". The Daily Telegraph.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0030/] BBC – A Sporting Nation
"HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA.
"HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA.
"Jones, David Rhys. "New body defended by Corsie." Times, 1 Jan. 1997, p. 29". Times Digital Archives.
UK list: {{London Gazette. (31 December 1998)
(16 March 2010). "Six sporting legends honoured in Scottish Sports Hall of Fame". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

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