James_Pirret

James Pirret

James Pirret

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James "Ham" Pirret (22 February 1915 – 4 December 1976) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

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At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's singles gold medal.[1] In 1954 at the next British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver he won the silver medal in the men's singles.[2] Pirret competed in the men's singles at his third consecutive British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 at Cardiff, finishing in sixth place.[3]

Pirret won two New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles representing the Tuakau Bowling Club: the men's singles in 1957; and the men's pairs (as skip), with C. J. Rogers, in 1958.[4]

Pirret died on 4 December 1976, and his ashes were buried at Tuakau Cemetery.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "N.Z.'s two bowling titles". The Advocate. 9 February 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Bosisto tie for 4th". The Courier-Mail. 5 August 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    "James Pirrett". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. [4]
    McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Cemeteries database". Waikato District Council. Retrieved 18 July 2016.


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