Richard Corsie
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Richard Corsie MBE is a Scottish bowls
player, widely considered to be among the best bowls players of all time. Corsie won the World Indoor Singles bowls championship 3 times during his career and the Commonwealth Gold Medal in 1994 beating his long time nemesis and friend Tony Allcock in the final.
Corsie was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
in March 2010.
Bowls
Bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll slightly asymmetric balls so that they stop close to a smaller "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a pitch which may be flat or convex or uneven...
player, widely considered to be among the best bowls players of all time. Corsie won the World Indoor Singles bowls championship 3 times during his career and the Commonwealth Gold Medal in 1994 beating his long time nemesis and friend Tony Allcock in the final.
Corsie was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
The Scottish Sports Hall of Fame is the national sports hall of fame in Scotland, initiated on St Andrew's Day 2001. It is a joint project organised by sportscotland, the national governmental body for Scottish sport, and the National Museums of Scotland. It is also funded by BBC Scotland and...
in March 2010.