Roy George Garden was a Zimbabwean lawn and indoor bowler who represented his country in international competition. He was born in Bulawayo on 20 March 1961 and was educated in Bulawayo, Harare and Mutare. In 1980 he joined the police force, serving briefly in the British South Africa Police before it became the Zimbabwe Republic Police, and he left the police in 1983. His best known result came at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in the singles and won the gold medal. He retired from international competition in January 2014 and died on 20 January 2023 at the age of 62.
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an international lawn and indoor bowler from Zimbabwe
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Garden was born in Bulawayo in 1961
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he won the gold medal in the singles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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he won the gold medal in the singles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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an international lawn and indoor bowler from Zimbabwe
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an international lawn and indoor bowler from Zimbabwe
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In 1998, he competed in the Commonwealth Games where he won the gold medal in the singles at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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