David Cutler (bowls)

David Cutler

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1954-08-01) 1 August 1954 (age 70)
Sport
Club	St Austell BC
Medal record Representing  England World Outdoor Championships 1996 Adelaide Men's fours British Isles Championships 1973 triples

David Cutler (born 1 August 1954) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Cutler won his first national triples title in 1972 aged 18[1] and at the time he was the youngest ever national champion. He represented St Austell BC and was both an England international indoors and outdoors representative.[2] He won the 1974 national junior singles,[3] and won the prestigious national singles in 1979.[4]

He was part of the fours team with John Bell, Andy Thomson and Brett Morley that won the gold medal at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.[5] He also represented England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6]

Personal life

He was an Inland revenue officer by trade.[7]

References

1. "Bowls victory for St Austell". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 20 August 1972. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Past Records". Bowls England.
3. "National bolwing contest". Thanet Times. 17 September 1974. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Cutler's a sharp lad!". Daily Mirror. 25 August 1979. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
6. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
7. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.