Kevin Darling (bowls)

Kevin Darling
Personal information
Full nameKevin Robert Darling
Nickname
KD
Nationality New Zealand
Born(1947-02-14)14 February 1947
Dunedin
Died21 March 2020(2020-03-21) (aged 73)
Dunedin
OccupationRetired Bowls player
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportLawn bowls
ClubBalmacewen BC
Caversham BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Melbourne pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Melbourne fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland fours

Kevin Robert Darling is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]

Profile

He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 14 February 1947.

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the pairs and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.[2]

Ten years later he won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in the fours with Peter Shaw, Phil Skoglund and Stewart McConnell.[3][4][5]

He won the 1988 singles title and the 1973 & 1974 pairs titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Balmacewen & Caversham Bowls Clubs.[6]

In 1990, Darling was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. ^ ""Yesterday's Results from Auckland." Times, 3 Feb. 1990, p. 51". Times Digital Archives. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  6. ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  7. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 116. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.