Stewart Buttar
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 2 March 2006 (aged 51–52) |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Burnside |
Medal record | |
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Stewart Buttar (1954 – 2 March 2006) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler and national coach.[1]
Bowls career
[edit | edit source]Buttar won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in the fours event in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with Bruce McNish, Peter Belliss and Rowan Brassey.[2][3]
He was a New Zealand National Bowls Championships champion, a feat matched by his son Nick Buttar.[4] In all Buttar won three National titles; the singles in 1994 and the pairs in 1993 & 1994.[5]
Coaching
[edit | edit source]Stewart Buttar later became the national coach of the New Zealand team but died in 2006 from cancer.[6]
References
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Categories:
- New Zealand male bowls players
- 1954 births
- 2006 deaths
- Sportspeople from Dunedin
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century New Zealand people
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls