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David Charles Baldwin (14 December 1921 – 7 July 2012) was a New Zealand
lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...
player.


Personal life

Born in
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on 14 December 1921, Baldwin was the son of Jessie and Charles Baldwin. He was educated at
New Plymouth Boys' High School New Plymouth Boys' High School is a single-sex boys' state secondary school in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The school currently caters for approximately 1300 students, including 210 boarders, on its site. The school often collaborat ...
and worked for 43 years at the New Plymouth City Council as a civil engineer. In his youth, he excelled in numerous sports including cricket, tennis, table tennis and soccer.


Bowls career

At the
1974 British Commonwealth Games The 1974 British Commonwealth Games () were held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The event was officially named "the friendly games". T ...
, Baldwin won the men's fours gold medal partnering Kerry Clark, Gordon Jolly and John Somerville. Four years later, at the
1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...
, he won the silver medal again in the men's fours. Baldwin won three
New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles Men's pairs Men's fours Women ...
titles when bowling for the Paritutu Bowling Club: the pairs in 1971 with John Murtagh, the fours in 1972 with Murtagh, Bruce John and Ken Tompkins, and the fours again in 1974 with Murtagh, Bruce Ballinger and Ken Murtagh. Baldwin won 16 Taranaki bowls titles. Baldwin remained a casual participant until just a few months before he died on 7 July 2012 in
New Plymouth New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...
.


Awards

Baldwin won the overall award in the Taranaki Sports Awards in 1974 and as part of a bowls team in 1990. In 2013, he was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame. In 2018, he was inducted into the Taranaki Sports Hall of Fame.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, David 1921 births 2012 deaths New Zealand male bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls