John Somerville (bowls)
John Somerville (10 September 1926 – 5 March 1987) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.
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| Birth name | John Somerville | |||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1926 | |||||||||||||
| Died | 5 March 1987 (aged 60) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | Rewa Bowling Club | |||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
| National finals | Fours champion (1971, 1985, 1986) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, Somerville won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly.[1][2][3]
A member of the Rewa Bowling Club, Somerville won the 1971, 1985 and 1986 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships.[4]
Awards
In 2013, Somerville was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- John Somerville at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- "Commonwealth Games medallists – bowls". GRB Athletics.
- "Lawn bowls fours – men Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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