Gary Lawson (bowls)

For the American lawyer, see Gary S. Lawson.

Gary Lawson

Personal information
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1965-10-19) 19 October 1965 (age 59)
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Elmwood Park BC
Medal record Representing   New Zealand World Outdoor Championships 1996 Adelaide Men's fours 2004 Ayr Men's triples 2008 Christchurch Men's pairs 2008 Christchurch Men's fours Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 1989 Suva triples 1993 Victoria singles 1995 Dunedin pairs 1995 Dunedin fours 2003 Brisbane triples 2003 Brisbane fours 2005 Melbourne triples 2009 Kuala Lumpur pairs 2019 Gold Coast pairs 2019 Gold Coast fours

Gary Raymond Lawson (born 19 October 1965) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler and a record 14 times New Zealand champion. ^[1]

Bowls career

World Championships

In 1996 he won the lawn bowls fours bronze medal at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. He won a silver medal in the triples eight years later at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 2008 he struck double gold winning both the pairs and fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. ^[2]

In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. ^[3]

Commonwealth Games

Lawson has also appeared twice for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games. ^[4]

Asia Pacific

Lawson has won ten medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, a bronze in 1989, silver in 1993, double gold in 1995 in the pairs with Rowan Brassey and in the fours, a gold and silver in 2003, a gold in 2005, a silver in 2009 and his ninth and tenth medals was a pairs gold with Shannon McIlroy and a fours silver at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. ^{[5] [6]}

National

He won a record 16 titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships bowling for the various bowls clubs. ^[7] The wins were in the singles (1989, 1994); pairs (1997, 2008, 2010, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2023, 2024) and fours (1993, 1994. 1996, 1997, 2004, 2017/18, 2020). ^{[8] [9] [10]}

References

1. "Gary Lawson". Bowls Tawa.
2. "Bowls: Lawson has taste of gold and hungry for more". Otago Daily Times.
3. "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
4. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
5. "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
6. "Gary Lawson, Shannon McIlroy add to Blackjacks' gold medal haul". Stuff.
7. "OPINION : Legendary Lawson Calls Time on Bowls Career". Bowls New Zealand.
8. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
9. "Record-extending 14th national title for Gary Lawson". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
10. "National bowls championships: Gary Lawson, Tony Grantham defend their pairs title". The Post. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

External links

• Gary Lawson at the New Zealand Olympic Committee