Ron Buchan
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| Full name | Maurice Ronald Buchan | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1908 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Tui Park BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maurice Ronald "Ron" Buchan MBE (1908–2003) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]
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 was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame[4] and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1986 Birthday Honours.[5] He died in 2003.[6]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Created". Bowls Canterbury.
- ^ "No. 50553". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1986. p. 32.
- ^ "Bowls: Solomon thrown out for 2 years". The New Zealand Herald.
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