Bryan Purser
{{short description|New Zealand badminton player}}
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| birth_name = Bryan Russell Purser
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{{MedalSport | Men's badminton }}
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{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 1978 Edmonton | Men's doubles }}
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Bryan Russell Purser (born {{Birth based on age as of date|55|2006|01|17|noage=1}}) is a New Zealand badminton player. He competed at two Commonwealth Games, in 1974 and 1978, and won the bronze medal in the men's doubles with his brother, Richard Purser, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
Early life and family
Born in about 1950,{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/family-ties-when-daddy-is-a-caddy/PCPFY2LKSUDUT2HSXUV5AYDY5E/ |title=Family ties: when daddy is a caddy |first=Anendra |last=Singh |date=17 January 2006 |work=Hawke's Bay Today |access-date=24 January 2022}} Purser is the son of Betty Purser (née Cochran) and Howard Musgrave Purser, and the brother of Richard Purser.{{cite web |url=http://ketenewplymouth.peoplesnetworknz.info/documents/0000/0000/0860/Purser_History.pdf |title=Purser history |website=Kete New Plymouth |access-date=22 January 2022}}{{cite news |url=http://new-plymouth.org/pdf/feb70-2.pdf |title=Sportsman trophy presented |date=February 1970 |work=Taranaki Photo News |page=41 |access-date=22 January 2022}} He was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School, where he was a house prefect{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/newplymouthboyshighschool/docs/1968_the_taranakian_vol._57_no_2/10 |title=Day houses |page=7 |work=The Taranakian |volume=57 |date=December 1968 |access-date=23 January 2022}} and active in sports. He was vice-captain of the cricket 1st XI in 1968,{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/newplymouthboyshighschool/docs/1968_the_taranakian_vol._57_no_2/10 |title=Cricket |page=21 |work=The Taranakian |volume=57 |date=December 1968 |access-date=23 January 2022}} and was prominent as a badminton and tennis player.{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/newplymouthboyshighschool/docs/1968_the_taranakian_vol._57_no_2/10 |title=Tennis |page=40 |work=The Taranakian |volume=57 |date=December 1968 |access-date=23 January 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/newplymouthboyshighschool/docs/20112015120717/18 |title=Badminton |page=29 |work=The Taranakian |volume=56 |date=December 1967 |access-date=23 January 2022}}
Purser's son, Mark Purser, is a golfer who represented New Zealand in the Eisenhower Trophy before turning professional.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/689159/Top-sporting-day-for-Purser-family |title=Top sporting day for Purser family |date=31 January 2009 |work=The Press |access-date=23 January 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/golf-purser-joins-professional-ranks/JUNFXBESKC4UW2QBOPKECV7GHQ/ |title=Golf: Purser joins professional ranks |date=2 November 2006 |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=23 January 2022}} His nephew, Craig Cooper, has represented New Zealand in badminton.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/487653/Kiwi-pair-aiming-to-rattle-top-Beijing-combos |title=Kiwi pair aiming to rattle top Beijing combos |date=31 January 2009 |work=Waikato Times |access-date=23 January 2022}}
Badminton
Purser won national junior badminton titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles in 1967.{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/newplymouthboyshighschool/docs/20112015120717/18 |title=School notes |page=20 |work=The Taranakian |volume=56 |date=December 1967 |access-date=23 January 2022}}
Purser represented New Zealand at two Commonwealth Games, in 1974 and 1978.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/bryan-purser |title=Bryan Purser |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}} At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, Purser was eliminated in the round of 16 in each of the men's singles,{{cite news |title=Games details—fourth day |work=The Guardian |page=27 |date=29 January 1974}} men's doubles (partnering his brother Richard),{{cite news |title=Games details |work=The Guardian |date=28 January 1974 |page=17}} and mixed doubles (with Robin Denton).{{cite news |title=Fifth-day results from Christchurch |work=Daily Telegraph |issue=36917 |date=30 January 1974 |page=29}} At the 1978 Commonwealth Games at Edmonton, Purser was eliminated in the second round of the men's singles, reached the round of 16 in the mixed doubles with Allison Sinton,{{cite news |title=Badminton |date=10 August 1978|work=The Guardian |page=18}} and won the bronze medal with his brother Richard in the men's doubles.{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/2794 |title=Badminton doubles – men Edmonton 1978 |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122010848/https://thecgf.com/results/team/2794 |url-status=dead }} In the mixed teams event, Purser was a part of the New Zealand team that finished fourth, losing to Malaysia in the play-off for the bronze medal.{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3039/event/1647 |title=Badminton team event – mixed Edmonton 1978 |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=24 January 2022 |archive-date=27 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227014531/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3039/event/1647 |url-status=dead }}
Later life
After playing badminton in Europe for several seasons, Purser returned to New Zealand, and with his sister and brother-in-law, Judy and Ray Cooper, bought the franchise for Cowell's Genuine Pavlovas in Hamilton, in 1981. They grew the business, from initially baking 224 pavlovas a day, to a similar number per hour in 2001.{{cite news |title=Creaming it with pavlovas |first=Mary Anne |last=Gill |date=30 June 2001 |work=Waikato Times |page=21}}
References
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External links
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{{1974 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1978 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:People educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School
Category:Badminton players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
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Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
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Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games