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Hugh Duff (bowls)

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Hugh Duff
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Bornc.1966[1]
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubWest Park Hull BC (outdoors)
Auchinleck (indoors)
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Men's bowls
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1988 Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2002 Men's pairs

Hugh Duff is a retired Scottish lawn and indoor bowler. He was a member of the Auchinleck Indoor Bowling Club.[2]

Biography

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Duff won two world indoor singles title in 1988 and nine years later in 1997.[3][4] Duff also partnered fellow Scotsman Paul Foster when winning the 2002 World Indoor Pairs.[3]

Bowling as a member of the West Park, Hull club he finished runner-up to Stephen Farish in the 1992 English national singles.[5] In 1995, he was sent home from the Scottish squad after breaking curfew rules.[6]

After losing in a preliminary match in the 2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship, Duff announced that he would retire from the sport.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Anderson wins Potters classic". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Honours".
  3. ^ a b "Bowls Titles: Players".
  4. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ^ "Super Steve". Manchester Evening News. 12 September 1992. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Scots sent home in disgrace". The Independent. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "BOWLING: Why Duff is giving up bowls. - Free Online Library".
  8. ^ "Bowls: Disenchanted Duff ready to walk away". 10 January 2003.