Stewart Buttar

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

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
1994 Victoriafours

Bowls career

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

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

References
  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.
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