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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c.1966 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | West Park Hull BC (outdoors) Auchinleck (indoors) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hugh Duff is a retired Scottish lawn and indoor bowler. He was a member of the Auchinleck Indoor Bowling Club. [2]
Duff won two world indoor singles title in 1988 and nine years later in 1997. [3] [4] Duff also partnered fellow Scotsman Paul Foster when winning the 2002 World Indoor Pairs. [3]
Bowling as a member of the West Park, Hull club he finished runner-up to Stephen Farish in the 1992 English national singles. [5] In 1995, he was sent home from the Scottish squad after breaking curfew rules. [6]
After losing in a preliminary match in the 2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship, Duff announced that he would retire from the sport. [7] [8]
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