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Gordon Jolly
Birth name Gordon Hezlam Jolly Born (1913-05-25 ) 25 May 1913Cromwell , New ZealandDied 26 October 1986(1986-10-26) (aged 73 )Dunedin , New Zealand Relative Noel Jolly (brother)Sport Lawn bowls Club Leith Bowling Club
Gordon Hezlam Jolly OBE (25 May 1913 – 26 October 1986) was a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.
Early life and family
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Born in Cromwell on 25 May 1913, Jolly was the son of Ernest Jolly, who served as mayor of Cromwell, and Gabrielle Hezlam Jolly (née Dunne).[1] [2] [3] His brothers included Noel Jolly , who was also a noted lawn bowler, and Ian Jolly, who played representative rugby union for Otago .[3]
On 7 September 1940, Jolly married Molly Margaret Hungerford at Sacred Heart Church, North East Valley , Dunedin .[4]
Lawn bowls
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Jolly began playing bowls in Oamaru at the Meadowbank Bowling Club. Joining the Leith Bowling Club in Dunedin in 1946, he went on to win 18 Dunedin centre bowls titles.[5]
At the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney, Jolly represented New Zealand in the men's triples and men's fours, winning the latter title along with Norm Lash , Ron Buchan and Bill O'Neill . Jolly won the 1970 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships , alongside J. W. Walls, A. J. Robinson and Peter Jolly, representing the Leith Bowling Club.[6] The same year, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games , he was part of the New Zealand men's four that placed 11th.[7] At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games , he won the men's fours gold medal, partnering David Baldwin , Kerry Clark and John Somerville .
A life member of Bowls New Zealand, Jolly served as a national selector and secretary–treasurer, and was president in 1968.[5]
Honours
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In the 1977 New Year Honours , Jolly was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire , for services to bowls.[8] He was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.[5]
Death
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Jolly died at Dunedin on 26 October 1986, and he was buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery .[9] His wife, Molly, died the following year.[10]
References
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^ "Birth" . Vol. 43, no. 2355. 2 June 1913. p. 4 . Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
^ a b "Life of service" . Otago Daily Times . No. 27222. 27 October 1949. p. 10 . Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
^ "Weddings" . Evening Star . No. 23681. 14 September 1940. p. 17 . Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
^ a b c "Hall of Fame" . Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2016 .
^ "New Zealand Championships" . Bowls Tawa.
^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
^ "No. 47104" . The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1976. p. 42.
^ "Cemeteries search" . Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
^ "Cemeteries search" . Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 9 April 2021 .
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