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

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player. At the

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he won the men's singles gold medal. In 1954 at the next

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in Vancouver he won the silver medal in the men's singles. Pirret competed in the men's singles at his third consecutive British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 at Cardiff, finishing in sixth place. Pirret won two New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles representing the

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Bowling Club: the men's singles in 1957; and the men's pairs (as skip), with C. J. Rogers, in 1958. Pirret died on 4 December 1976, and his ashes were buried at Tuakau Cemetery.

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