Stewart Buttar

Stewart Buttar

Personal information
Born	1954 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	2 March 2006(2006-03-02) (aged 51–52)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Burnside
Medal record Men's lawn bowls Representing   New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Fours

Stewart Buttar (1954 – 2 March 2006) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler and national coach. ^[1]

Bowls career

Buttar won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in the fours event in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with Bruce McNish, Peter Belliss and Rowan Brassey. ^{[2] [3]}

He was a New Zealand National Bowls Championships champion, a feat matched by his son Nick Buttar. ^[4] In all Buttar won three National titles; the singles in 1994 and the pairs in 1993 & 1994. ^[5]

Coaching

Stewart Buttar later became the national coach of the New Zealand team but died in 2006 from cancer. ^[6]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
3. "Stewart Buttar". Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. "Bowls: Buttar follows in dad's footsteps". New Zealand Herald.
5. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
6. "NZ Bowls community mourns loss of former national coach - Stewart Buttar 2/3". TVN Community Victoria Bowls.