Willie Adrain

Adrain started playing bowls aged 12 after being introduced to the sport by his father James, who was a bowls greenkeeper at the Dreghorn Bowling Club. His uncle also called Willie was a Scottish international.^[2] Subsequently, Willie became a member of the Dreghorn club.^[3]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 ^[4] and won a bronze medal in the fours with Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson and Harry Reston at the event.^[5] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).^[6]

Adrain represented the Scottish team at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada,^[7] where he competed in the fours event, with Doug Copland, John Fleming and Dick Bernard.^[8]

He also won the 1963 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title.^[9]

His own son George Adrain was a commonwealth and two times world champion.^[10]