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| Born | 1911 (age 109–110) Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Avondale Sport Club, Salisbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ronald H Turner (born 1911) is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler. [1]
He won three bronze medals in the fours competition at consecutive Commonwealth Games. They came in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth. [2]
The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what now is known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from 16–23 August 1930.
The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events were in Manchester. Seventeen national teams took part, including the Irish Free State.
The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. These were the first games since the name change from British Empire Games took effect in 1952.
The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. They were held after the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes.
Anthony Allcock is an English bowls player. Born in Leicestershire, England, he is considered to be one of the leading bowlers of his generation and was twice world outdoor singles champion and three times World Indoor Singles Champion.
David John Bryant was a three-times World (outdoors) singles bowls champion, a three-times World indoors singles champion and a four times Commonwealth Games singles gold medallist. He is generally considered to be the greatest bowler of all time, winning 19 World and Commonwealth gold medals in total.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1938 British Empire Games took place in Waverley, Sydney from 7-9 February 1938.
Bowls is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games; however, it was not included in the programme of the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica due to no sufficient bowling greens being available. Along with swimming, athletics, cycling, table tennis, cycling, powerlifting and triathlon, bowls is one of the EAD sports.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1930 British Empire Games featured three events for men: a singles, pairs, and a fours contest. The event was held at Gage Park.
Robert Lang McDonald was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who competed at four Commonwealth Games, winning gold, silver and bronze medals in the men's pairs.
Ellen Marie Falkner is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England.
Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games were held at the Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre in Glasgow, Scotland from 24 July to 1 August 2014.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1934 British Empire Games took place at the Temple Bowling Club in Denmark Hill and the Paddington Bowling Club in Maida Vale, London from 4-11 August 1934.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1950 British Empire Games took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4-11 February 1950.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 30 July until 7 August 1954. The host clubs were the West Point Grey Lawn Bowling Club of Vancouver and the New Westminster Bowling Club of New Westminster.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Cardiff, Wales from 18-26 July 1958.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place at the Dalkeith Bowling Club in Perth, Western Australia, Australia from 19 November until 1 December 1962. The bowls competition started several days before the official opening of the Commonwealth Games.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16-25 July 1970. Lawn bowls returned to the Commonwealth Games following the exclusion of the event in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games because Jamaica had insufficient bowling greens.
Norman King (1914–1997) was an English international lawn bowler.
Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 13.
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