Neil Burkett
{{Short description|South African lawn and indoor bowler}}
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{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 1992 Worthing | fours }}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Johannesburg | fours }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1994 Victoria | fours }}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | fours }}
{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | fours }}
{{MedalBronze | 2006 Melbourne | triples }}
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Neil Anthony Burkett (born 16 March 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2226|title=Neil Burkett Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}}
Bowls career
Burkett won two World Bowls Championship medals; a fours bronze at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html|title=World Bowls Champions|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}
He has also won four Commonwealth Games medals including a gold medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Alan Lofthouse, Donald Piketh and Robert Rayfield.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GBR Athletics}}
In 1996, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Gerry Baker.{{cite web | url=http://www.hklba.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146&Itemid=218&lang=en | title=HK Classic winners Men Pairs | publisher=HKLBA | access-date=7 June 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{CGF profile|48644|Neil Anthony Burkett}} (1994–2006)
- {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|103203|Neil Anthony Burkett}}
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Category:South African male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games