Kevin Darling (bowls) explained

Kevin Darling
Fullname:	Kevin Robert Darling
Nickname:	KD
Residence:	Dunedin
Birth Date:	14 February 1947
Birth Place:	Dunedin
Death Date:	21 March 2020
Death Place:	Dunedin
Occupation:	Retired Bowls player
Country:	New Zealand
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Balmacewen BC Caversham BC

Kevin Robert Darling is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.^[1]

Profile

He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 14 February 1947.

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the pairs and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.^[2]

Ten years later he won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in the fours with Peter Shaw, Phil Skoglund and Stewart McConnell.^{[3] [4] [5]}

He won the 1988 singles title and the 1973 & 1974 pairs titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Balmacewen & Caversham Bowls Clubs.^[6]

In 1990, Darling was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531081026/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/1048. 2016-05-31.
2. Book: Newby, Donald. Bowls Yearbook 91. 1991. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
3. Web site: "Yesterday's Results from Auckland." Times, 3 Feb. 1990, p. 51. Times Digital Archives.
4. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
5. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
6. Web site: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
7. Book: Taylor . Alister . Coddington . Deborah . Alister Taylor . Deborah Coddington . Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand . 1994 . New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa . Auckland . 0-908578-34-2 . 116.