Neil Burkett

Neil Burkett

Personal information
Full name	Neil Anthony Burkett
Nationality	South African
Born	(1948-03-16) 16 March 1948 (age 76)
Medal record Representing  South Africa World Outdoor Championships 1992 Worthing fours 2000 Johannesburg fours Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria fours 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours 2002 Manchester fours 2006 Melbourne triples

Neil Anthony Burkett (born 16 March 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Burkett won two World Bowls Championship medals; a fours bronze at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.^[2]

He has also won four Commonwealth Games medals including a gold medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Alan Lofthouse, Donald Piketh and Robert Rayfield.^[3]

In 1996, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Gerry Baker.^[4]

References

1. "Neil Burkett Profile". Bowls tawa.
2. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
4. "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

External links

• Neil Anthony Burkett at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994–2006)
• Neil Anthony Burkett at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)