John Somerville (bowls)
John "Jack" Somerville (10 September 1926 – 5 March 1987) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.[1]
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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 BC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly.[2] [3]
He won the 1971, 1985 & 1986 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Rewa Bowls Club.[4]
Awards
In 2013, Somerville was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "John Somerville". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- "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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