Neil Burkett
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Anthony Burkett |
| Nationality | South African |
| Born | 16 March 1948 |
Neil Anthony Burkett (born 16 March 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Neil Burkett Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Neil Anthony Burkett at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994–2006)
- Neil Anthony Burkett at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- South African male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century South African sportsmen