John Somerville (bowls)

John "Jack" Somerville (10 September 1926 – 5 March 1987) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.[1]

Jack Somerville

Personal information
Birth name	John Somerville
Born	10 September 1926
Died	5 March 1987 (aged 60) Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Rewa BC
Medal record Men's lawn bowls Representing  New Zealand British Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Fours

Bowls career

At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly.[2] [3]

He won the 1971, 1985 & 1986 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Rewa Bowls Club.[4]

Awards

In 2013, Somerville was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[5]

References

1. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "John Somerville". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
4. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
5. "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.