James Pirret
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| Born | 22 February 1915 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 December 1976 (aged 61) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tuakau Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | Men's singles champion (1957) Men's pairs champion (1958) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James "Ham" Pirret (22 February 1915 – 4 December 1976) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.
At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's singles gold medal.[1][2] In 1954 at the next British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver he won the silver medal in the men's singles.[3] Pirret competed in the men's singles at his third consecutive British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 at Cardiff, finishing in sixth place.[4]
Pirret won two New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles representing the Tuakau Bowling Club: the men's singles in 1957; and the men's pairs (as skip), with C. J. Rogers, in 1958.[5]
Pirret died on 4 December 1976, and his ashes were buried at Tuakau Cemetery.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "British Players win and lose on opening day at Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 31 July 1954. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "N.Z.'s two bowling titles". The Advocate. 9 February 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Bosisto tie for 4th". The Courier-Mail. 5 August 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "James Pirrett". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Cemeteries database". Waikato District Council. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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