Rowan Brassey
MNZM
Personal information
Full nameRowan James Brassey
NationalityNew Zealander
Born (1956-01-18) 18 January 1956 (age 68)
Sport
SportBowls
ClubOkahu Bay BC
Avondale BC
Cabramatta BC
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane men's fours
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria men's fours
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland men's pairs
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Aberdeen Men's triples
Silver medal – second place 1984 Aberdeen Men's fours
Gold medal – first place 1988 Auckland Men's pairs
Gold medal – first place 2000 Johannesburg Men's triples
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Johannesburg Men's fours
Silver medal – second place 2004 Ayr Men's triples
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Lae singles
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Kowloon pairs
Gold medal – first place 1995 Dunedin pairs
Silver medal – second place 1995 Dunedin singles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Warilla singles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Warilla pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Moama triples
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Moama fours

Rowan James Brassey MNZM (born 18 January 1956) is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player.[1]

Bowls career

An earth-moving contractor by trade, Brassey's first national success was the 1980 New Zealand Open Pairs.[2] He went on to win eight New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles in the pairs (1982) and the fours (1981, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2003 & 2012/13) when bowling for the Okahu Bay, Avondale and Cabramatta Bowls Clubs respectively.[3]

Brassey has competed at five World Bowls Championships, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 & 2000; winning gold in 1988 (pairs, with Peter Belliss), and in 2000 he won the gold medal with Andrew Curtain and Peter Belliss in the men's triples at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[4]

He has competed at six Commonwealth Games: 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.[5] [6]

In 1990, Brassey was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[7] In the 2001 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to bowls.[8]

He won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including three gold medals.[9]

In 2013, Brassey was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[10]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  3. ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ^ "Rowan Brassey". Bowls Tawa.
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  6. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 76. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  8. ^ "New Year honours list 2001". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

External links

1982 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
1990 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
2006 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
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