James Pirret
Lawn Bowling player from New Zealand (1915-1976)
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James "Ham" Pirret (22 February 1915 – 4 December 1976) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.
1950 British Empire Games at the Carlton Bowling Club, Pirret during the singles Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 February 1915 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 December 1976 (aged 61) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tuakau Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
National finals | Men's singles champion (1957) Men's pairs champion (1958) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's singles gold medal.[1][2] In 1954 at the next British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver he won the silver medal in the men's singles.[3] Pirret competed in the men's singles at his third consecutive British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 at Cardiff, finishing in sixth place.[4]
Pirret won two New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles representing the Tuakau Bowling Club: the men's singles in 1957; and the men's pairs (as skip), with C. J. Rogers, in 1958.[5]
Pirret died on 4 December 1976, and his ashes were buried at Tuakau Cemetery.[6]
