Ian Dickison

Ian Dickison, born on 9 March 1952, is a New Zealand former lawn and indoor bowler. He came to prominence when the New Zealand selectors chose him ahead of Peter Belliss for the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, a decision that proved right when he won the gold medal by defeating Ian Schuback of Australia in the final. Two years later he won the triples gold medal at the 1988 Outdoor World Championship with Morgan Moffat and Phil Skoglund, and he took two medals at the 1989 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Suva, Fiji. At home he won the New Zealand national singles title in 1985 and the pairs title in 1981 while bowling for the Kaikorai Bowls Club. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1988 and was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.