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Nick Unkovich
International lawn bowler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nikola Unkovich (15 January 1923 – 21 July 2005),[1] generally known as Nick Unkovich, was a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2]
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Early life and family
Unkovich was born in 1923 on the island of Korčula in present-day Croatia, and migrated to New Zealand with his parents in 1932, settling in Northland.[1] In 1951, he married Joy Auld in Auckland, and the couple went on to have two children.[1]
Bowls career
Unkovich started bowling at the Matamata Bowling Club, after moving to nearly Waharoa to establish a grocery business.[1] He played for the Okahu Bay Bowling Club in Auckland from the mid 1970s, and then the Rawhiti Club in Remuera in later years.[1]
He won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.[3]
He won ten New Zealand National Bowls Championships titles, one singles (1979), one pairs (1991) with Ross Haresnape and eight fours titles between 1971 and 1986.[4]
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