Morgan Moffat

Morgan Moffat

Personal information
Birth name	David Morgan Moffat
Born	(1943-01-22)22 January 1943 Scotland
Died	13 March 1992 Christchurch NZ
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Linwood BC
Medal record Men's lawn bowls Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch men's fours Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton men's fours 1982 Brisbane men's fours World Outdoor Championships 1980 Melbourne Men's triples 1980 Melbourne Men's fours 1984 Aberdeen Men's triples 1984 Aberdeen Men's fours 1988 Auckland Men's triples

David Morgan Moffat (born 22 January 1943) is a Scottish-born New Zealand lawn and indoor bowler, who has won medals representing both Scotland and New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.^[1]

Bowls career

Moffat was born in Scotland and won a bronze medal in the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch before emigrating the following year to New Zealand. He won another bronze in both the triples and fours in the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, but this time for New Zealand. The success continued as he won bronze in the triples and silver in the fours during the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Moffat also secured a fours silver in Edmonton during the 1978 Commonwealth Games and a fours silver in the 1982 Commonwealth Games.^{[2] [3]}

A gold medal finally came in 1988 when he won the triples at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.^[4]

He won the 1978 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Linwood Bowls Club.^[5]

Awards

In 2013, Moffat was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.^[6]

References

• Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website