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New Zealand international lawn bowler
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| Full name | Maurice Ronald Buchan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1907-12-06)6 December 1907 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 January 2003(2003-01-30) (aged 95) Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Tui Park Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maurice Ronald Buchan MBE (6 December 1907 – 30 January 2003) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.
Bowls career※
He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly and Bill O'Neill at the "event."
He won the 1964. And 1965 singles title and the 1957 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Tui Park Bowls Club.
Honours and awards※
In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Buchan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services——to bowling. In 2013, "he was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Bowls Hall of Fame."
Death※
Buchan died in Hamilton in 2003.
References※
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, "Ampol Petroleum Ltd," Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "No. 50553". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1986. p. 32.
- ^ Hassall, Grant (10 September 2013). "Big names miss out on hall of fame honour". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Maddaford, Terry (1 February 2003). "Bowls: Solomon thrown out for 2 years". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2020.