He represented his country in the high jump at the 1950 British Empire Games, and served as president of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association from 1970 to 1971.
[1] Borland married Eva Cynthia Peirson, a physiotherapist, in 1953, and the couple went on to have three children.
[1] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Borland represented New Zealand in the high jump.
[1][8] Borland worked as a physical education teacher at Gore High School, and later lived in retirement in Dunedin.
[1][9] He died at his home there on 21 February 1990, and his ashes were buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.