Michael Purdon Explained

Michael Purdon
Nationality:Scottish
Club:Rankin Park, Greenock

Michael Wilson Purdon is a former Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

He won two silver medals in the pairs with Thomas Hamill and fours at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth with Thomas Hamill, Joseph Black and William Moore.[2] [3] [4]

He also won the 1960 pairs title with Hamill at the Scottish National Bowls Championships.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: profile. Bowls tawa.
  3. Web site: Commonwealth Games Medallists. GBR Athletics.
  4. Web site: Team Scotland Commonwealth Games Medallists. Team Scotland.
  5. News: Scottish Championships . 12 August 1960 . Wishaw Press . 17 April 2021. 14 . The British Newspaper Archive. subscription .