Cliff Williams (bowls)

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Cliff Williams
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NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubGowerton BC

Cliff Williams is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Williams was a member of the Gowerton Bowls Club [1] and represented Wales at the 1981 Home International Championship. [2]

In 1981 representing Wales, he partnered Alun Thomas in the Australian bowls classic in Newcastle [3] and won a bronze medal. [4]

Williams represented the Welsh team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, [5] where he competed in the fours event, with Jim Morgan, Ray Williams and Alun Thomas. The quartet just missed the medals rostrum after finishing in fourth place. [6]

Williams was later selected for the 1983 Home International Championship. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Bowls Notes by Jack Wood" . Mid Sussex Times. 26 June 1981. p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "The Welsh international bowls selectors" . Gwent Gazette. 18 June 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "World Sport" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 26 March 1981. p. 35. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Ebbw Vale bowler Alun Thomas" . Gwent Gazette. 9 April 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Wales Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  7. ↑ "Four Bowlers Make It" . Gwent Gazette. 5 May 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
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