Ron Buchan Explained

Ron Buchan
Fullname:Maurice Ronald Buchan
Birth Date:6 December 1907
Death Place:Hamilton, New Zealand
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Tui Park Bowling Club

Maurice Ronald Buchan (6 December 1907 – 30 January 2003) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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 won the 1964 and 1965 singles title and the 1957 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Tui Park Bowls Club.[4]

Honours and awards

In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Buchan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowling. In 2013, he was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Bowls Hall of Fame.[5]

Death

Buchan died in Hamilton in 2003.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile . Bowls tawa.
  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: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
  5. News: Big names miss out on hall of fame honour . Grant . Hassall . 10 September 2013 . Stuff.co.nz . 21 August 2020.
  6. News: Bowls: Solomon thrown out for 2 years . Terry . Maddaford . . 1 February 2003 . 31 August 2020.