Abdul Kitchell Explained

Abdul Kitchell
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Abdul Raheem Kitchell (born 1916) is a Hong Kong international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Kitchell was born in 1916 in Hong Kong after his family emigrated from Malaysia in the 1890s. He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966.[2] Six years later he won a bronze medal in the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In between he won a gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]

Personal life

Kitchell was an oil company executive by trade.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hong Kong Delegation for Olympic Games (1952-2008). Hong Kong Olympic.org. 2016-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060836/http://www.hkolympic.org/images/products/hong%20kong%20delegation%20for%20the%20multi-sports%20games.pdf. 2016-03-04. dead.
  2. Book: Ampol Petroleum Ltd. First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. 1966. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
  5. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.

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