Peter Belliss, born on 12 November 1951 in Wanganui, is a former lawn bowls player for New Zealand and in 1982 became the first New Zealand bowler to turn professional. He won the 1984 World Bowls singles in Aberdeen against Willie Wood, the 1988 pairs with Rowan Brassey and the 2000 triples with Brassey and Andrew Curtain. He competed at four Commonwealth Games and won bronze in 1982 and 1994, and won six Asia Pacific medals including four golds. He bowled for the Aramoho club, later coached at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and in 2013 was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.
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At the World Bowls Championships, Belliss won the 1984 singles in Aberdeen against local player Willie Wood, the 1988 pairs with Rowan Brassey, and men's triples with Brassey and Andrew Curtain at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
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At the World Bowls Championships, Belliss won the 1984 singles in Aberdeen against local player Willie Wood
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He has competed at four Commonwealth Games: 1982 (winning bronze), 1994 (winning bronze), 1998, and 2002
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