Michael Purdon

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Michael Purdon
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Sport
ClubRankin Park, Greenock
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1962 Perth pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1962 Perth fours

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ↑ "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Team Scotland Commonwealth Games Medallists". Team Scotland.
  5. ↑ "Scottish Championships" . Wishaw Press. 12 August 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via The British Newspaper Archive.


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