Stewart McConnell

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Stewart McConnell
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealander
Sport
ClubKaikorai BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Auckland fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1985 Tweed Headstriples
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1985 Tweed Headsfours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1989 Suvapairs

Stewart McConnell is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler. [1] [2]

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Bowls career

He won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in the fours with Kevin Darling, Phil Skoglund and Peter Shaw. [3] [4] [5]

He won three medals in the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships [6] [7] and also competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He won 21 club titles.

Personal life

His brother Duncan also won 18 club titles. [8] [9]

References

  1. "profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "Stewart McConnell". Olympic.org.nz.
  3. ""Yesterday's Results from Auckland." Times, 3 Feb. 1990, p. 51". Times Digital Archives.
  4. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  5. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 70–71. ISBN   0-330-31364-9.
  7. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  9. "Bowls: Kaikorai club to mark centenary". Otago Daily Times.