Ron Buchan

Ron Buchan
Personal information
Full name Maurice Ronald Buchan
Nationality  New Zealand
Born 1908
Died 2003
Sport
Club Tui Park BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
1966 Kyeemagh fours

Maurice Ronald "Ron" Buchan MBE (1908–2003) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly and Bill O'Neill at the event.[3]

He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame[4] and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1986 Birthday Honours.[5] He died in 2003.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Fame Created". Bowls Canterbury.
  5. ↑ "No. 50553". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1986. p. 32.
  6. ↑ "Bowls: Solomon thrown out for 2 years". The New Zealand Herald.
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