| 词条 | Peter McWhannell |
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| name = Peter McWhannell | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|03|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|07|26|1875|03|03|df=y}} | death_place = Wellington, New Zealand | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Cook McCole Love|1905}} | occupation = Engineer | country = New Zealand | sport = Lawn bowls | club = Hataitai | nationals = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Lawn bowls}} {{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }} {{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1930 Hamilton|Pairs}} }} Peter McWhannell (3 March 1875 – 26 July 1943) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who competed for his country at the 1930 British Empire Games, winning a silver medal in the pairs competition. Early life and familyBorn in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1875,[1] McWhannell served his engineering apprenticeship on the Clyde.[2] He emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s, initially settling in Dunedin before moving to Wellington.[2] In 1905 he married Mary Cook McCole Love,[3] and the couple went on to have two children.[2] McWhannell was foreman at Robertson's foundry in Wellington, and subsequently established his own engineering firm of Ross, Jory, and McWhannell.[2] Lawn bowlsInitially a member of the Newtown Bowling Club, McWhannell moved to the Hataitai Bowling Club when it was established in 1910, and served as that club's president in 1918.[2] He skipped Hataitai teams to five titles at Wellington tournaments, and won numerous club championships.[2] He was the Hataitai singles champion in 1912, 1917, 1920 and 1935; pairs champion in 1916, 1924, 1927 and 1937; and fours champion in 1918, 1929, 1935, 1938 and 1939.[2] At the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, he competed in the pairs and fours.[4] He won the silver medal with his partner William Fielding in the pairs event.[5] The foursome of McWhannell, Fielding, Edward Leach, and Harold Frost finished in fifth place in the fours competition.[6][7] Not long before his death, McWhannell was elected a life member of the Hataitai Bowling Club.[2] DeathMcWhannell died at his home in the Wellington suburb of Hataitai on 26 July 1943,[2] and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery.[8][9] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&db=CanadianBC&h=2002313 |title=U.S., border crossings from Canada to U.S., 1825–1960 |year=2010 |website= |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |accessdate=26 May 2017 |subscription=yes}} {{1930 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McWhannell, Peter}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430727.2.22 | title=Obituary: Mr. Peter McWhannell | date=27 July 1943 | work=Evening Post | accessdate=26 May 2017 | page=3}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dmarriages |title=Marriage search, registration number 1905/6946 |date= |website=Births, deaths and marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |accessdate=26 May 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/percy-mcwhannell/ |title=Percy McWhannell {{sic|nolink=y}} |year=2016 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=26 May 2017}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm |title=Commonwealth Games medallists – bowls |date= |website=Athletics Weekly |publisher= |accessdate=26 May 2017}} 6. ^{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300625.2.88 | title=Bowling team for Canada | date=25 June 1930 | work=Evening Post | accessdate=26 May 2017 | page=12}} 7. ^{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19301009.2.137 | title=Empire Games: keen bowling contest | date=9 October 1930 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=26 May 2017 | page=18}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=4922&serviceType=Cremation |title=Cemeteries search (cremation) |date= |website= |publisher=Wellington City Council |accessdate=26 May 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=67501&serviceType=Burial |title=Cemeteries search (burial) |date= |website= |publisher=Wellington City Council |accessdate=26 May 2017}} 9 : 1875 births|1943 deaths|People from Coatbridge|Scottish emigrants to New Zealand|New Zealand male bowls players|Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games|Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand|Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls|Burials at Karori Cemetery |
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