Kevin Darling (bowls)


Kevin Robert Darling is a former New Zealand international lawn bowler.

Profile

He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 14 February 1947.

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the pairs and a bronze medal in the fours at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.
Ten years later he won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in the fours with Peter Shaw, Phil Skoglund and Stewart McConnell.
He won the 1988 singles title and the 1973 & 1974 pairs titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Balmacewen & Caversham Bowls Clubs.
In 1990, Darling was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.