Maurice Symes Explained

Maurice Symes
Nationality:	New Zealander
Birth Date:	1945
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Hawera Park BC

Maurice Symes is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.^{[1] [2]}

Bowls career

Commonwealth Games

He competed in the singles at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Four years later he won a bronze medal for New Zealand when he was part of the pairs team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. His pairs partner was Rowan Brassey.^{[3] [4]}

Asia Pacific Championships

He won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 pairs at Tweed Heads, New South Wales.^[5]

National

He won the 1985 pairs title with Geoff Hawken at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Hawera Park Bowls Club.^[6] Remarkably 36 years later he won a second national title winning the fours with John Gray, Craig MacDonell and Steve Beel.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: profile. Bowls tawa.
2. Web site: Maurice Symes NZ. Taylor Bowls.
3. Web site: profile. Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
5. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners. World Bowls. 31 May 2021.
6. Web site: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
7. Web site: Men's fours draw and results. Bowls New Zealand . 8 April 2021.