title: Jack Christie (bowls)
text: # Jack Christie (bowls)
  
  John Christie (17 July 1925 – 2 January 2007) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.
  
  ## Bowls career
  
  Christie started bowling aged 18. In 1956 joined Northern Bowling Club. He won the championship eight times and made his international debut in 1965. He was capped 70 times.
  
  His greatest moment came when winning the gold medal in the 1974 Pairs with Alex McIntosh at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.
  
  Christie was a Scottish international from 1965 to 1974.
  
  Christie died in Leith on 2 January 2007, at the age of 81.
  
  