Stewart McConnell
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealander
Sport
ClubKaikorai BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Aucklandfours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place1985 Tweed Headstriples
Bronze medal – third place1985 Tweed Headsfours
Bronze medal – third place1989 Suvapairs

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

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.
  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.
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