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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1931 Gelli, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Gelli Park BC | ||||||||||||||
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Gwynfryn Evans better known as Gwyn Evans, is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player. [1] [2]
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1931 Gelli, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Gelli Park BC | ||||||||||||||
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Gwynfryn Evans better known as Gwyn Evans, is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player. [1] [2]
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)
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]
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