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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1962-04-03) 3 April 1962 Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bangor BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodney McCutcheon (born on 3 April 1962) is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal at the world championships.[1]
Biography
McCutcheon was born in Bangor, County Down and as a schoolboy first played on the short mats. In 1982 he defeated Tony Allcock in the British Isles Under-25 singles championship.
He represented the Northern Irish team[2] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he competed in the pairs event, with Davy Hamilton.[3]
His best moment came in the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship when he won gold in the fours.[4]
He won a silver with Northern Ireland at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[5]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "The Team". Belfast News-Letter. 17 June 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "A happy golden return for Wood". South Wales Daily Post. 2 February 1990. Retrieved 16 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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