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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Pontrhydyfen (outdoors) Port Talbot (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Wilkins better known as Dai Wilkins (born 22 July 1942) is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. [1]
He won two Commonwealth Games bronze medals in the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [2]
He is a seven times Welsh National Bowls Championships winner, winning the singles in 1983 [3] & 1996, [4] [5] the pairs in 1987 with his son Jeff, triples winner in 1986 & 1991 and fours winner in 2012 & 2013. [6]
He had a soccer trial with Cardiff City F.C. before playing rugby for Glynneath RFC.
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