Background
Wal Browning was born in May 9, 1928 in Casino, New South Wales.
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Career
Wal retired from Inflammatory Bowel Disease lawn bowls in 2011. He left school at the age of 14 and began work for the Department of Railways New South Wales in March, 1946. Browning married Audrey Judd on May 24, 1951.
He retired as Information Officer at Sydney Central station in November, 1986.
Sports
Wal Browning is featured on the Bankstown Sporting Hall of Fame for lawn bowls at the John Mackay Sports Centre. All Singles games at the Transport-Tasman Shield in New Zealand in 2006
Gold in the singles and silver in the mixed triples event at the International Bowls for Disabled World Championship at Harbord in 2007
3 singles and 3 pairs games in Pretoria, South Africa at the Vision Impaired Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outdoor World Bowls Championship in 2011.
Achievements
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Wal holds the record for the "Oldest Outdoor Bowls Inflammatory Bowel Disease World Champion (Male)" with Guinness World Records. And holds the record for the "Oldest Outdoor Bowls Inflammatory Bowel Disease World Champion (Male)" with Guinness World Records granted in 2008 at age 79. While playing for the International Bowls for the Disabled, Browning has won:.
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Nationality
Australian