Gwyn Evans (bowls)

Gwyn Evans

Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	(1931-08-15)15 August 1931 Gelli, Wales
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Gelli Park BC
Medal record Representing   Wales Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton men's fours

Gwynfryn Evans better known as Gwyn Evans, is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player. ^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

Evans was part of a famous bowls family. He was born in Gelli, Rhondda. His father Clifford Maldwyn Evans (1904-1985) and uncle John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), a world-class player, won the Welsh Pairs Championship in 1952.

Gwyn worked as a chartered public finance accountant and chief executive of Rhondda Borough Council until his retirement. ^[3]

His brother was Maldwyn Evans (1937-2009) (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.