{{Short description|Scottish bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Angus Blair | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1965|5|13}}<ref name=AEE>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19900124/373/0016 |title=The glory hunters |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=24 January 1990 |p=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Lawn and indoor bowls | club = Haddington BC (outdoor)<br>Midlothian IBC (indoor) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Worthing | fours }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Worthing | team }} {{MedalBronze | 1992 Worthing | triples }} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|1987|singles}} {{MedalGold|1989|pairs}} }} '''Angus Ogilvie Blair''' (born 13 May 1965) is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2309|title=Angus Blair Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa|access-date=31 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325074356/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2309|archive-date=25 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Biography == Blair made his international debut in 1984 <ref>{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1991|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}</ref> and won a gold medal in the fours and a bronze medal in the singles at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html|title=World Bowls Champions|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}</ref>
He won the 1986 Scottish National Bowls Championships singles crown and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=9 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109233329/https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Blair represented the Scottish team<ref name=AEE/> at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/56/all |title=Scotland Auckland 1990 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref> where he competed in the pairs event,<ref>{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|pages=39-46|year=1990|publisher=Pan Books Ltd|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}</ref> with Graham Robertson.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19900202/365/0020 |title=Bruces's golden shot |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=2 February 1990 |p=1 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref>
He also won the national pairs in 1988 and the fours in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19790604/179/0025|title= Anxious moments for Wood |date=6 August 1988 |newspaper=Dundee Courier |access-date=17 April 2021|page=17 |via=The British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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