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Paul Richards (bowls)

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Paul Richards
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Died1995
Medal record
Representing Australia
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Kowloon triples
Silver medal – second place 1991 Kowloon fours

Paul Richards (died 1995) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Richards represented Australia from 1986 to 1992.[1] He won double silver at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, held in Kowloon[2] and won the 1986 and 1987 Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title.[3][4]

He took part in the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5]

He was posthumously inducted into the Bowls South Australia Hall of Fame in 2011 (he had died in 1995).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Inductees". Bowls South Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ "1991 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
  3. ^ "HK Classic winners Men Singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong International Bowls Classic" (PDF). Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Selectors impressed with under-25s". Trove. 9 February 1992. p. 11 – via Canberra Times.