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'''Peter James Belliss''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]]}}, is a former [[lawn bowls]] player for [[New Zealand]]. |
'''Peter James Belliss''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]]}}, is a former [[lawn bowls]] player for [[New Zealand]]. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Belliss was born in Wanganui in 1951, attending (and playing rugby football at) Wanganui Boys' College. He started playing in the 1970s in the Aramaho (Wanganui) club; Romanos called him ''The young Turk of lawn bowls''. He had been a railways fitter, and in 1982 was the first New Zealand lawn bowler to turn professional. |
Belliss was born in Wanganui in 1951, attending (and playing rugby football at) Wanganui Boys' College. He started playing in the 1970s in the Aramaho (Wanganui) club; Romanos called him ''The young Turk of lawn bowls''. He had been a railways fitter, and in 1982 was the first New Zealand lawn bowler to turn professional. |
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==Bowls career== |
==Bowls career== |
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In the [[1988 Birthday Honours|1988 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Belliss was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to bowls.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/51367/supplements/33 ''London Gazette'' (supplement), No. 51367, 10 June 1988]. Retrieved 15 January 2013.</ref> |
In the [[1988 Birthday Honours|1988 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Belliss was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to bowls.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/51367/supplements/33 ''London Gazette'' (supplement), No. 51367, 10 June 1988]. Retrieved 15 January 2013.</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*''New Zealand’s top 100 sports history makers'' by Joseph Romanos, page 214 (2006, Trio Books, Wellington) ISBN 0-9582455-8-4 |
*''New Zealand’s top 100 sports history makers'' by Joseph Romanos, page 214 (2006, Trio Books, Wellington) ISBN 0-9582455-8-4 |
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Representing  New Zealand
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1984 Aberdeen | mens singles |
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1988 Auckland | mens doubles |
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2000 Johannesburg | mens triples |
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1994 Victoria | mens fours |
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1982 Brisbane | mens singles |
Peter James Belliss, MBE, is a former lawn bowls player for New Zealand.
Background
Belliss was born in Wanganui in 1951, attending (and playing rugby football at) Wanganui Boys' College. He started playing in the 1970s in the Aramaho (Wanganui) club; Romanos called him The young Turk of lawn bowls. He had been a railways fitter, and in 1982 was the first New Zealand lawn bowler to turn professional.
Bowls career
At the World Bowls Championships, Bellis won the 1984 singles in Aberdeen against local player Willie Wood, the 1988 pairs with Rowan Brassey, and triples with Brassey and Andrew Curtain in Johannesburg in 2000.
He has competed at four Commonwealth Games: 1982 (winning bronze), 1994 (winning bronze), 1998, and 2002; missing 1986 as a professional and 1990 as he had played in South Africa five years previously.
He was a coach at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Honours
In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, Belliss was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowls.[1]
References
- ^ London Gazette (supplement), No. 51367, 10 June 1988. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- New Zealand’s top 100 sports history makers by Joseph Romanos, page 214 (2006, Trio Books, Wellington) ISBN 0-9582455-8-4
- Profile at NZOC website
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- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
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- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Whanganui
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