Mal Hughes
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1932 Hartlepool, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 July 2008 (aged 75) Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Eldon Grove BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Malcolm 'Mal' Hughes (1932-2008) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]Hughes won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock, David Bryant, Jimmy Hobday and John Bell.[1][2]
Commonwealth Games
[edit]Hughes competed for England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the fours.[3][4]
National
[edit]He was the national pairs champion with George Turley at the 1983 National Championships bowling for Eldon Grove BC of Durham.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit]Hughes was the manager of Hartlepool Indoor Bowls Club up until the time he died in 2008.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Games pair in Masters". Belfast Telegraph. 23 May 1978. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Family affair". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 18 August 1983. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Family's tribute to bowls hero Mal". Hartelpool Mail.