David Morgan Moffat (born 22 January 1943) is a Scottish-born New Zealand lawn and indoor bowler, who has won medals representing both Scotland and New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.

Bowls career

Moffat was born in Scotland and won a bronze medal in the

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before emigrating the following year to

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. He won another bronze in both the triples and fours in the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, but this time for New Zealand. The success continued as he won bronze in the triples and silver in the fours during the

1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1984 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Westburn Park in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 11 to 28 July 1984. Peter Belliss won the singles defeating Willie Wood in the final. Wood qualified for the final because he finished with a ...

. Moffat also secured a fours silver in Edmonton during the

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and a fours silver in the

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. A gold medal finally came in 1988 when he won the triples at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. He won the 1978 fours title at the

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when bowling for the Linwood Bowls Club.

Awards

In 2013, Moffat was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.

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* * (1982, New Zealand) * (1974, Scotland) {{DEFAULTSORT:Moffat, Morgan 1943 births Living people Scottish male bowls players Scottish emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand male bowls players Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls