David Morgan Moffat (born 22 January 1943) is a Scottish-born New Zealand lawn and indoor bowler, who has won medals representing both Scotland and New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.

Bowls career

Moffat was born in Scotland and won a bronze medal in the 1974 Commonwealth Games in

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before emigrating the following year to

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. He won another bronze in both the triples and fours in the

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, but this time for New Zealand. The success continued as he won bronze in the triples and silver in the fours during the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Moffat also secured a fours silver in Edmonton during the 1978 Commonwealth Games and a fours silver in the 1982 Commonwealth Games. A gold medal finally came in 1988 when he won the triples at the

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. He won the 1978 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Linwood Bowls Club.

Awards

In 2013, Moffat was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.

References

Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moffat, Morgan 1943 births Living people Scottish male bowls players Scottish emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand male bowls players Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls World Champions Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games