Neil Burkett

Neil Burkett
Personal information
Full nameNeil Anthony Burkett
NationalitySouth African
Born (1948-03-16) 16 March 1948
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
World Outdoor Championships
1992 Worthing fours
2000 Johannesburg fours
Commonwealth Games
1994 Victoria fours
1998 Kuala Lumpur fours
2002 Manchester fours
2006 Melbourne triples

Neil Anthony Burkett (born 16 March 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Burkett won two World Bowls Championship medals; a fours bronze at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.[2]

He has also won four Commonwealth Games medals including a gold medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Alan Lofthouse, Donald Piketh and Robert Rayfield.[3]

In 1996, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Gerry Baker.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Neil Burkett Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. ^ "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.