Ron Buchan

Maurice Ronald Buchan MBE (6 December 1907 – 30 January 2003) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]

Ron Buchan
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Ronald Buchan
Born	(1907-12-06)6 December 1907
Died	30 January 2003(2003-01-30) (aged 95)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Tui Park Bowling Club
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's lawn bowls World Outdoor Championships 1966 Kyeemagh fours

Bowls career

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly and Bill O'Neill at the event.[3]

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.[4]

Awards

He was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame[5] and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours.[6] He died in 2003.[7]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
2. Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
3. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
4. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
5. "Hall of Fame Created". Bowls Canterbury.
6. "No. 50553". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1986. p. 32.
7. "Bowls: Solomon thrown out for 2 years". The New Zealand Herald.