Mike Kernaghan

New Zealand lawn bowls competitor

Mike Kernaghan

Personal information

Nationality| New Zealander
Born|  (1955-07-22) 22 July 1955 (age 69)
Wallasey, England
Sport
Sport| Lawn bowls
Club| North East Valley Club, Dunedin

Medal record

Representing  New Zealand
World Outdoor Championships
|  2016 Christchurch | Pairs
|  2016 Christchurch | fours
Commonwealth Games
|  2002 Manchester | Singles
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
| 2015 Christchurch | singles
| 2015 Christchurch | pairs
| 2019 Gold Coast | triples
| 2019 Gold Coast | fours

Mike Kernaghan (born 22 July 1955 in Wallasey, England) is a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]

## Bowls career

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### World Championship

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In 2016 he won a bronze medal with Shannon McIlroy at the World Bowls Championship in the Men's Pairs competition in Christchurch before winning a gold medal in the fours with Blake Signal, Mike Nagy and Ali Forsyth.[2]

In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[3]

### Commonwealth Games

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He won a bronze medal in the men's singles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[4] He also competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, and was a coach at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[5]

### Asia Pacific

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Kernaghan has won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including double silver in the triples and fours at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[6][7]

### National

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He won the 2001, 2002 and 2014/15 singles titles, the 2007 pairs title and 2013/14 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Kaikorai Bowls Club.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. ^ Mike Kernaghan Bowls Tawa
3. ^ "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand.
4. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
6. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
7. ^ "Gary Lawson, Shannon McIlroy add to Blackjacks' gold medal haul". Stuff.
8. ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.

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2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team

Athletics|

* Valerie Adams
* Michael Aish
* Jane Arnott
* Craig Barrett
* Chantal Brunner
* Phil Costley
* Beatrice Faumuina
* Gabrielle Gorst
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* Philip Jensen
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* Tasha Williams
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Field hockey|

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Gymnastics|

* Kate Brocklehurst
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Judo|

* Mellissa Jones
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* Tim Slyfield
* Elinore Stallworthy
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Lawn bowls|

* Peter Belliss
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* Marlene Castle
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* John Davies
* Jo Edwards
* Paul Girdler
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* Wendy Jensen
* Sean Johnson
* Patsy Jorgensen
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* Jan Khan
* Anne Lomas
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* Marilyn Savage
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Netball|

* Sheryl Clarke
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Rugby sevens|

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* Eric Rush
* Rodney So'oialo
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* Anthony Tuitavake
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Shooting|

* Teresa Borrell
* Mike Collings
* Diane Collings
* Tania Corrigan
* Alan Earle
* Juliet Etherington
* David Grummitt
* Bill Jones
* Geoffrey Jukes
* Jocelyn Lees
* Sean McCabe
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Squash|

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Swimming|

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Table tennis|

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* Chunli Li
* Karen Li
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Triathlon|

* Hamish Carter
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* Kris Gemmell
* Craig Watson
* Evelyn Williamson

Weightlifting|

* Nigel Avery
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* Grant Cavit
* Terry Hughes
* Keisha-Dean Soffe
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Wrestling|

* Ricardo Aryan
* Nicholas Daly
* Martin Liddle

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