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Mal Hughes

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Malcolm Mal Hughes (1932 to 2008) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler. He competed for England in the fours event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. In 1979 he won the inaugural Hartlepool Sports Personality of the Year award, and in 1980 he won a gold medal in the team event, the Leonard Cup, at the World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, alongside Tony Allcock, David Bryant, Jimmy Hobday and John Bell. He was national pairs champion with George Turley at the 1983 National Championships, bowling for Eldon Grove Bowls Club of Durham, and he managed Hartlepool Indoor Bowls Club until his death in 2008.

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1932 1
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was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
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    Malcolm "Mal" Hughes (1932-2008)
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    was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Biography
    Hughes competed for England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the fours event.
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Biography, world championship
    he won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne
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