Gwyn Evans (bowls)

Gwynfryn ('Gwyn') Evans is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player.[1][2]

Gwyn Evans
Personal information
Nationality Wales
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 Edmontonmen's fours

Personal life

Evans was born in Gelli, Rhondda. His father Clifford Maldwyn Evans won the Welsh Pairs Championship in 1952 with his brother (Gwyn's uncle) John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), a world-class player. Gwyn worked as a chartered public finance accountant and chief executive of Rhondda Borough Council until his retirement.[3]

His brother was Maldwyn Evans, 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.
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