Stewart McConnell

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Stewart McConnell
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealander
Sport
ClubKaikorai BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland fours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1985 Tweed Heads triples
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Tweed Heads fours
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Suva pairs

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

Bowls career[edit]

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[edit]

His brother Duncan also won 18 club titles.[8][9]

References[edit]

  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.