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Darby Ross is a former Australian international lawn bowler.


Bowls career

In 1981, Ross won the inaugural pairs title at the
Hong Kong International Bowls Classic The Hong Kong International Bowls Classic is a highly prestigious event in the lawn bowls calendar. It began as a men's pairs competition in 1981, with a men's singles event added in 1983. In 2008, the program was expanded to include singles an ...
; partnering
Rob Dobbins Robert Dobbins (born 1940) is an Australian former international lawn bowler and coach. Bowls career In 1981, Dobbins won the inaugural pairs title at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic; partnering Darby Ross they defeated England's ...
they defeated England's Jimmy Hobday and
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. He won a triples gold medal (with Ken Williams and Trevor Morris) and a fours bronze medal, at the 1987
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held every t ...
, held in
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, Papua New Guinea. Ross was selected as part of the five-man team by Australia for the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, which was held in Auckland, New Zealand.


References

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