Neil Bates

Kennard Neil Bates (30 May 1928 – 14 July 2003) was a New Zealand middle-distance athlete who represented his country at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Key Information

Personal information
Born	Kennard Neil Bates (1928-05-30)30 May 1928
Died	14 July 2003(2003-07-14) (aged 75)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Track and field
Achievements and titles
National finals	1 mile champion (1949)
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Hailing from Stratford and representing West Coast North Island, Bates won the New Zealand junior 1 mile title in 1947, recording a time of 4:22.8.^[1][2] In 1949, he progressed to the senior ranks and won the men's 1 mile title at the New Zealand athletics championships, in a time of 4:18.2.^[1][2] The following year, he represented New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland in the men's 1 mile,^[3] where he ran a time of 4:25.8 to finish sixth in his heat and did not progress to the final.^[4]

Bates died on 14 July 2003, and his ashes were buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Whakatāne.^[5][6]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Amateur athletics". Opunake Times. 18 February 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
2. ^ ^{a b} Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
3. ^ "Neil Bates". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
4. ^ "Neil Bates". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Death search: registration number 2003/15693". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
6. ^ "Cemeteries search". Whakatāne District Council. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

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