Ron Buchan
MBE
Personal information
Full nameMaurice Ronald Buchan
Born(1907-12-06)6 December 1907
Died30 January 2003(2003-01-30) (aged 95)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportLawn bowls
ClubTui Park Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's lawn bowls
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kyeemagh fours

Maurice Ronald Buchan MBE (6 December 1907 – 30 January 2003) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a gold medal in the fours with Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly and Bill O'Neill at the event.[3]

He won the 1964 and 1965 singles title and the 1957 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Tui Park Bowls Club.[4]

Honours and awards

In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Buchan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowling.[5] In 2013, he was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Bowls Hall of Fame.[6]

Death

Buchan died in Hamilton in 2003.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ↑ "No. 50553". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1986. p. 32.
  6. ↑ Hassall, Grant (10 September 2013). "Big names miss out on hall of fame honour". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Maddaford, Terry (1 February 2003). "Bowls: Solomon thrown out for 2 years". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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