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Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||
Born | Hartlepool | 3 August 1932||||||||||||||
Died | 11 July 2008 Middlesbrough | (aged 75)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Eldon Grove BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Malcolm 'Mal' Hughes (1932-2008) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Hughes won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock, David Bryant, Jimmy Hobday and John Bell. [1] [2]
Hughes competed for England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the fours. [3]
He was the pairs champion with George Turley at the 1983 National Championships bowling for Eldon Grove BC of Durham. [4]
Hughes was the manager of Hartlepool Indoor Bowls Club up until the time he died in 2008. [5]