Neil Burkett

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Neil Burkett
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NationalitySouth African
Born (1948-03-16) 16 March 1948 (age 74)

Neil Anthony Burkett (born 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

Bowls career

Burkett won two World Bowls Championship medals; a fours bronze at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. [2]

He has also won four Commonwealth Games medals including a gold medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Alan Lofthouse, Donald Piketh and Robert Rayfield. [3]

In 1996, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Gerry Baker. [4]

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References

  1. "Neil Burkett Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.