Dai Wilkins

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Dai Wilkins
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1942-07-22) 22 July 1942 (age 83)
Sport
ClubPontrhydyfen (outdoors)
Port Talbot (indoors)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014fours

David Wilkins better known as Dai Wilkins (born 22 July 1942) is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

Wilkins was the youngest ever winner of the Neath Bowls Open in 1969. [2] The following year he represented the Welsh team, [3] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinbugh, Scotland, [4] where he participated in the singles competition. [5] [6]

He went on to win two Commonwealth Games bronze medals in the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [7]

He is a seven times Welsh National Bowls Championships winner, winning the singles in 1983 [8] & 1996, [9] [10] the pairs in 1987 with his son Jeff, triples winner in 1986 & 1991 and fours winner in 2012 & 2013. [11]

Football

He had a soccer trial with Cardiff City F.C. before playing rugby for Glynneath RFC.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Youngest winner of bowls tourney" . Neath Guardian. 14 August 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 30 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Welsh team best ever" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 22 May 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 23-33. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  7. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  8. ↑ "Price takes singles title" . South Wales Echo. 22 August 1983. Retrieved 24 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  10. ↑ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
  11. ↑ Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
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