Kevin Darling (bowls)
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New Zealand international lawn bowler
FullnameKevin Robert Darling
Nickname
KDNationality
New Zealand
New ZealandBorn(1947-02-14)14 February 1947
Dunedin
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Robert Darling |
Nickname | KD |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Born | (1947-02-14)14 February 1947 Dunedin |
| Died | 21 March 2020(2020-03-21) (aged 73) Dunedin |
| Occupation | Retired Bowls player |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Balmacewen BC Caversham BC |
Medal record | |
Kevin Robert Darling is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]
He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 14 February 1947.
Bowls career
He won a bronze medal in the pairs and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.[2]
Ten years later he won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in the fours with Peter Shaw, Phil Skoglund and Stewart McConnell.[3][4][5]
He won the 1988 singles title and the 1973 & 1974 pairs titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Balmacewen & Caversham Bowls Clubs.[6]
In 1990, Darling was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[7]
References
- ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ↑ ""Yesterday's Results from Auckland." Times, 3 Feb. 1990, p. 51". Times Digital Archives. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ↑ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 116. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.