Aeron John

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Aeron John
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornBedwellty, Wales
March 1936 [1]
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubRhymney Royal BC
Cwmbran BC

Evan "Aeron" John (born March 1936) is a former international lawn bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Aeron John followed his father Wilf John into bowls. [2] Initially he bowled for the same club as his father, the Rhymney Royal Bowls Club and partnering his father they finished pairs runner-up in the 1962 Welsh National Bowls Championships. [3] [4]

John switched clubs, joining the Cwmbran Bowls Club and in 1966 he was capped by Wales for the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, where he partnered Brian Maund in the pairs and also participated in the rinks. [2] [5]

John represented the Welsh team, [6] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinbugh, Scotland, [7] where he participated in the fours competition with Harry Thompson, Bill Pattimore and Roy Jones, [8] [9] finishing in fifth place. [10]

In 1979 he finished runner-up in the Welsh Nationals in the fours. [4] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 "International Honours". Cwmbran Bowls Club. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 49–52. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  4. 1 2 Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 207–211. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  5. ↑ ""Australia's Titles." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1966". The Times .
  6. ↑ "Welsh team best ever" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 22 May 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 23-33. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  10. ↑ "Bowls" . Nottingham Evening Post. 20 July 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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