Gordon Jolly

Gordon Hezlam Jolly OBE (25 May 1913 – 26 October 1986) was a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.

Gordon Jolly
OBE
Personal information
Birth nameGordon Hezlam Jolly
Born(1913-05-25)25 May 1913
New Zealand
Died26 October 1986(1986-10-26) (aged 73)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubLeith BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Bowls Championship
1966 SydneyMen's fours
British Commonwealth Games
1974 ChristchurchFours

Lawn bowls

Jolly began playing bowls in Oamaru at the Meadowbank bowling club. Joining the Leith bowling club in Dunedin in 1946, he went on to win 18 Dunedin centre bowls titles, as well as the New Zealand men's fours title in 1970.[1]

At the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney, Jolly represented New Zealand in the men's triples and men's fours, winning the latter title along with Norm Lash, Ron Buchan and Bill O'Neill.

At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and John Somerville. Previously at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games he was part of the men's fours team that placed 11th.[2]

He won the 1970 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Leith Bowls Club.[3]

Post bowls

A life member of Bowls New Zealand, Jolly served as a national selector and secretary–treasurer, and was president in 1968.[1]

Jolly died at Dunedin on 26 October 1986, and he was buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.[4]

Honours

In the 1977 New Year Honours, Jolly was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowls.[5]

He was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.[1]

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References
  1. "Hall of Fame". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  3. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  4. "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. "No. 47104". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 42.
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