Paul Richards (bowls)

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Paul Richards (died 1995) was an Australian international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.com.au/hall-of-fame/|title=Inductees|publisher=Bowls South Australia|access-date=10 June 2021}}

Bowls career

Richards represented Australia from 1986 to 1992. He won double silver at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, held in Kowloon{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsusa.us/uploads/7/5/9/0/75903269/1992-01.pdf|title=1991 Asia Pacific Championships|publisher=Bowls USA}} and won the 1986 and 1987 Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title.{{cite web | url=http://www.hklba.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=218&lang=en | title=HK Classic winners Men Singles | publisher=HKLBA | access-date=10 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hklba.org/eng/events/Golden%20Jubilee/Website-Soft%20copy%20of%20the%20book-for%20website/14_HKIBC_low.pdf|title=Hong Kong International Bowls Classic|publisher=Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association|access-date=10 June 2021}}

He took part in the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.{{cite news |url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133929984? |last= |first= |title=Selectors impressed with under-25s |work=Trove |date=9 February 1992 |page=11|via=Canberra Times}}

He was posthumously inducted into the Bowls South Australia Hall of Fame in 2011 (he had died in 1995).

References

Category:Australian male bowls players

Category:1995 deaths

Category:Year of birth missing

Category:Place of birth missing