Kevin Darling (bowls)

Kevin Darling

Personal information
Full name	Kevin Robert Darling
Nickname	KD
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	14 February 1947 Dunedin
Died	21 March 2020 Dunedin
Occupation	Retired Bowls player
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Balmacewen BC Caversham BC
Medal record Representing  New Zealand World Outdoor Championships 1980 Melbourne pairs 1980 Melbourne fours Commonwealth Games 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.
4. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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.