David Cutler (bowls)
Appearance
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Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 August 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | St Austell BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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David Cutler (born 1 August 1954) is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
[edit]Cutler won his first national triples title in 1972 aged 18[1] and at the time he was the youngest ever national champion. He represented St Austell BC and was both an England international indoors and outdoors representative.[2] He won the 1974 national junior singles,[3] and won the prestigious national singles in 1979.[4]
He was part of the fours team with John Bell, Andy Thomson and Brett Morley that won the gold medal at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.[5] He also represented England, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He was an Inland revenue officer by trade.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bowls victory for St Austell". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 20 August 1972. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "National bolwing contest". Thanet Times. 17 September 1974. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cutler's a sharp lad!". Daily Mirror. 25 August 1979. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.