Linda Evans (bowls)

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Linda Evans
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubPort Talbot BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Leamington Spa fours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Leamington Spa team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1993 Floridafours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1993pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011triples

Linda Evans is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games. [1]

Biography

Evans was part of the fours team that won the gold medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa. [2]

Evans represented the Welsh team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, [3] where she competed in the fours event, [4] with Ann Dainton, Rita Jones and Stella Oliver. [5] [6] [7]

In 1993, she won the fours silver medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships. [8] [9]

She was selected as one of the Welsh coaches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games [10] and is a representative of the Welsh Bowls Federation. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Linda Evans profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ "Super bowl". wales online.
  3. ↑ "Wales Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  5. ↑ "Bowlers get the nod for Games" . South Wales Daily Post. 22 July 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Six Local Bowlers Seeking Auckland Games Glory!" . Port Talbot Guardian. 28 December 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "It could be bowls golds galore for the Welsh team" . South Wales Daily Post. 6 January 1990. p. 23. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "'Shaw strikes gold'" . The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.[ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "'Guernsey finally falter" . The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Commonwealth Games bowls team selected for Wales". Sport Wales.
  11. ↑ "Officers & Clubs - Details of clubs and officials". Welsh Bowls Federation.
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