Rex Johnston OAM – World Bowls Hall of Fame Inductee
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- Kelsey Cottrell
- Mark Casey
- Peter Belliss
- Karen Murphy
- Rebecca Van Asch
Excerpt below from World Bowls Website.
Rex Johnston OAM
Highly- rated as the best two-bowl skipper both in Australia and overseas, Rex ‘Paddles’ Johnston OAM took up sport of bowls to recover from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. One of the nation’s most decorated bowlers he enjoyed an illustrious international playing career from 1988 to 2004, where he pulled on the green and gold uniform on more than 300 occasions. He represented Australia at four consecutive Commonwealth Games (winning a gold medal in 1994, silver in 1998, two World Bowls tournaments (Team Bronze in 1996 and Team Gold in 2000), five Asia Pacific Games, ten Trans-Tasman’s, four Hong Kong Classics, three World Indoor Championships and 19 indoor Internationals. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2006 for service to lawn bowls as a competitor and administrator. He coached Malta at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and from 2009-11 he was the Australian National Coach. In October 2017 he was entered into the Bowls Australia Sporting Hall of Fame as one of only three ‘legends’ of the sport. Rex has been a bowls coordinator at several clubs in Australia, and his legendary two-foot trail or resting shot has been an aspiration for many a coaching pupil.
Record
Commonwealth Games: ’94 (pairs gold), ’98 (fours silver)
World Bowls Championships: ’96 (pairs bronze), ’96 (fours bronze), ’00 (triples silver)
Asia Pacific Golds: ’89 (triples), ’89 (fours), ’99 (fours), ’99 (triples), ’01 (triples), ’01 (fours)