Ron Buchan

Ron Buchan

MBE

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Ronald Buchan
Born	(1907-12-06)6 December 1907
Died	30 January 2003(2003-01-30) (aged 95) Hamilton, New Zealand
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Tui Park Bowling Club
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's lawn bowls World Outdoor Championships 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.