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Stewart Buttar

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Stewart Buttar
Personal information
Nationality New Zealand
Born1954
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died2 March 2006
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBurnside
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria fours

Stewart Buttar (1954-2006) was a New Zealand international lawn bowler and national coach.[1]

Bowls career

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Buttar won a bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in the fours event in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with Bruce McNish, Peter Belliss and Rowan Brassey.[2][3]

He was a New Zealand National Bowls Championships champion, a feat matched by his son Nick Buttar.[4] In all Buttar won three National titles; the singles in 1994 and the pairs in 1993 & 1994.[5]

Coaching

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Stewart Buttar later became the national coach of the New Zealand team but died in 2006 from cancer.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. ^ "Stewart Buttar". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "Bowls: Buttar follows in dad's footsteps". New Zealand Herald.
  5. ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  6. ^ "NZ Bowls community mourns loss of former national coach - Stewart Buttar 2/3". TVN Community Victoria Bowls.