Gwyn Evans (bowls)

Gwyn Evans
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1931-08-15)15 August 1931
Gelli, Wales
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubGelli Park BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton men's fours

Gwynfryn Evans better known as Gwyn Evans, is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player.[1][2]

Personal life

Evans was part of a famous bowls family. He was born in Gelli, Rhondda. His father Clifford Maldwyn Evans (1904-1985) and uncle John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), a world-class player, won the Welsh Pairs Championship in 1952.

Gwyn worked as a chartered public finance accountant and chief executive of Rhondda Borough Council until his retirement.[3]

His brother was Maldwyn Evans (1937-2009) (the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship gold medal winner)

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton with Ellis Stanbury, Ian Sutherland and John Thomson.[4]

He represented Wales from 1967 until 1985, won the Welsh indoor singles title in 1978, and captained the Welsh team in the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.[5]

He won two National Championship Pairs titles in 1966 and 1967, with his brother Maldwyn and one fours title in 1961.[6]

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ Wales Online: "People and places that helped shape the Tonypandy we know today", 11 Jan 2007. Accessed 19 December 2012 Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. ^ "EVANS, MALDWYN LEWIS('MAL') (1937-2009), champion bowler". Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
  6. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.