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Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1932-08-03)3 August 1932 Hartlepool, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 11 July 2008(2008-07-11) (aged 75) Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Eldon Grove BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Malcolm 'Mal' Hughes (1932-2008) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
World Championships
Hughes won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock, David Bryant, Jimmy Hobday and John Bell.
Commonwealth Games
Hughes competed for England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the fours.
National
He was the national pairs champion with George Turley at the 1983 National Championships bowling for Eldon Grove BC of Durham.
Personal life
Hughes was the manager of Hartlepool Indoor Bowls Club up until the time he died in 2008.
References
- "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "Games pair in Masters". Belfast Telegraph. 23 May 1978. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Past Records". Bowls England.
- "Family affair". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 18 August 1983. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Family's tribute to bowls hero Mal". Hartelpool Mail.