Robert Weale
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Robert Weale (Born 3 April, 1963), is a welsh Bowls player. Weale lives in Clehonger, Herefordshire, where he is a key member of a high-flying (nine-pin) skittles team called the Tattibogoes. Weale is sometimes known as Booby.
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[edit] Career
Weale made his international debut in 1982. He was the youngest competitor in the world outdoor championships in Aberdeen in 1984.
[edit] Welsh Titles
Weale won the Welsh indoor singles title in February 2005. By August, he added the Welsh outdoor singles title, created a record by becoming the only man to hold both titles simultaneously. He also skipped the Weale family quartet to the Welsh outdoor fours title, on five occasions.
[edit] World Titles
Weale's career-best performance came in 2000, when he won the world indoor singles title at Potters. In addition, Weale won the fours world outdoor title, also in the year 2000. In the opening event of the current WBT season, Robert reached the final of the International Open for the first time.
[edit] Commonwealth Games
Weale boasts an impressive collection of Commonwealth Games medals. He won the men's singles silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He has also won a bronze medal for the men's singles at the 2002 games. Weale has also won two silver medals in men's pairs; with John Price at the 1994 games and with Robert Thomas at the 1998 games.
