David Baldwin is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

1974 British Commonwealth Games

The 1974 British Commonwealth Games were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games....

 he won the men's fours gold medal partnering Kerry Clark

Kerry Clark

Kerry Clark is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Gordon Jolly and John Somerville. At the following 1978 Commonwealth Games he came 4th in the men's singles.-References:...

, Gordon Jolly

Gordon Jolly

Gordon Jolly is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and John Somerville. Previously at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games he was part of the men's fours team that placed...

 and John Somerville

John Somerville (bowls)

John Somerville is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly.-References:...

. At the following 1978 Commonwealth Games

1978 Commonwealth Games

The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec...

he won the silver medal again in the men's fours.
Baldwin was born in December 1921 and remains a casual participant today (July 2011). He won three New Zealand titles: the pairs in 1971 with John Murtagh, the fours in 1972 with Murtagh, Bruce John and Ken Tompkins, and the fours again in 1974 with Murtagh, Bruce Ballinger and Ken Murtagh. Baldwin holds a record (with Grant Anderson, of Alton) 16 Taranaki titles in bowls.
Born in Auckland, Baldwin was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School and worked for 43 years at the New Plymouth City Council as a civil engineer. In early days he excelled in numerous sports including circket, tennis, table tennis and soccer.