Ian David "Shooey" Schuback OAM (born 4 September 1952) is an Australian former lawn and indoor bowler, and the only player from outside the United Kingdom to ever win the World Indoor Bowls Championship.
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| Born | 4 September 1952 Sale, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1980–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life partner | Sandy Bolton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editSchuback bowled for the Coolangatta club in Queensland and was also a former professional tennis coach.[1]
He started bowling in 1980 after watching the Melbourne World Outdoor Championships. Schuback claimed a Men's Singles silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games[2] and then won the 1988 World Indoor Bowls Championship and the 1990 Commonwealth Games Pairs titles.
He won the 1992 World Indoor Bowls Championships Singles, the 1994 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs and the 1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship Pairs.
He won two silver medals at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, in Kowloon, Hong Kong.[3]
In the 2009 Australia Day Honours he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to lawn bowls as a coach, competitor and commentator".[4] He was also awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 23 August 2000.[5]
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- Bowls: Unbiased and uncensored [6]
References
edit- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls the Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "OAM citation". It's an honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "ASM citation". It's an honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Schuback, Ian (September 2015). BOWLS: UNBIASED AND UNCENSORED. Slattery Media. p. 240. ISBN 9780992379179. Retrieved 12 December 2023.