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Ronald H. Turner (born 1911, date of death unknown) was a Rhodesian international
lawn bowler 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 ...
. He won three
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s in the fours competition at consecutive
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. They came in the
1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. This was the fifth edition of the event that would eventually become known as the Commonwealth Games, the second post-war G ...
in
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,
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ...
in
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and the
1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North ...
in
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1911 births Year of death missing Sportspeople from Cape Town South African emigrants to Rhodesia South African male bowls players Zimbabwean male bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Southern Rhodesia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Rhodesia and Nyasaland Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century South African sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls {{Zimbabwe-sport-bio-stub