Kevin Campbell (bowls)

Kevin Campbell
Personal information
Nationality South Africa South Africa
Born 1952
Medal record
Representing South Africa South Africa
World Outdoor Championships
1976 Johannesburg Men's triples
1976 Johannesburg Men's fours

Kevin Campbell (born 1952) is a former South African international lawn bowler.

Campbell became the youngest ever Springbok international aged 24 and his mother and father both won national titles.[1]

Campbell came to prominence in 1976 when he won the Triples and Fours Gold Medal at the World Outdoor Championships in Johannesburg. In the Triples with Nando Gatti and Kelvin Lightfoot they won 14 of their 15 matches.[2] In the fours with Gatti, Lightfoot and Bill Moseley they repeated the feat of winning 14 of the 15 matches played.[2]

The South African team completed a clean sweep of all events at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. The lawn bowlers from South Africa were denied further opportunities to win medals due to the Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  2. 1 2 Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
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