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Michael Purdon

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Michael Purdon
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Sport
ClubRankin Park, Greenock
Medal record
Representing  SCO
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1962 Perth pairs
Silver medal – second place 1962 Perth fours

Michael Wilson Purdon is a former Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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He won two silver medals in the pairs with Thomas Hamill and fours at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth with Thomas Hamill, Joseph Black and William Moore.[2][3][4]

He also won the 1960 pairs title with Hamill at the Scottish National Bowls Championships.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  4. ^ "Team Scotland Commonwealth Games Medallists". Team Scotland.
  5. ^ "Scottish Championships". Wishaw Press. 12 August 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.