Kevin Darling (bowls)

Kevin Robert Darling is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]

Kevin Darling
Personal information
Full nameKevin Robert Darling
Nickname(s)KD
Nationality New Zealand
Born14 February 1947
Dunedin
Died21 March 2020
Dunedin
ResidenceDunedin
OccupationRetired Bowls player
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportLawn bowls
ClubBalmacewen BC
Caversham BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
1980 Melbourne pairs
1980 Melbourne fours
Commonwealth Games
1990 Aucklandfours

Profile

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]

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References
  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31.
  2. Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. ""Yesterday's Results from Auckland." Times, 3 Feb. 1990, p. 51". Times Digital Archives.
  4. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  6. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  7. 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.
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