Derek Oliver

Derek Oliver
Personal information
Nationality  Scotland
Born (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984
Edinburgh
Sport
Sport Lawn & indoor bowls
Club East Lothian IBC
Cockenzie & Port Seton BC
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coasttriples
2018 Gold Coastfours

Derek Oliver nickname Del Boy, (born 1984), is a Scottish lawn and Indoor bowler.[1]

He lives in Cockenzie and plays for the East Lothian Indoor Bowls Club and the Cockenzie & Port Seton Bowls Club.[1] He won the National Outdoor Singles in 2016[2] and the National Indoor Pairs in 2013.[3]

In 2018 he was selected as part of the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[1] where he claimed two gold medals in the Triples with Darren Burnett and Ronnie Duncan[4] and the Fours with Alex Marshall, Duncan and Paul Foster.[5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Team Scotland.
  2. ↑ "Derek Oliver wins Singles crown in East Lothian hat-trick". Edinburgh News.
  3. ↑ "Derek Oliver profile". Henselite.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland beat Australia to win gold in bowls men's triple final". BBC Sport.
  5. ↑ "Fours results". CG2018.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold as women take bronze in bowls". BBC Sport.
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