Phil Rowlands

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Phil Rowlands
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NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubPenhill BC
Cardiff IBC

Philip "Phil" Rowlands is a former international lawn bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Rowlands was born into a bowling family, his father Keith and grandfather Tom both being Welsh internationals. [1] Phil was a member of the Penhill Bowls Club. [2]

Rowlands represented the Welsh team [3] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, [4] where he competed in the fours event, with Wyn Matthews, Jim Hoskins and Dai Wilkins. [5] [6]

Rowlands played for Cardiff indoors [7] and in 2011 he won his second Welsh national indoor championship singles, a title he had previously won 21 years before in 1990. [8]

Rowlands later became the secretary of the Ynyscynon Bowls Club. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Bowls: Great win for Wales' Phil Rowlands". Wales Online. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "South Glam clash" . South Wales Echo. 16 May 1992. p. 41. Retrieved 10 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Unlucky Price out of Games" . South Wales Echo. 16 July 1994. p. 32. Retrieved 10 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Biggest ever in Welsh Games bid" . South Wales Echo. 18 May 1994. p. 39. Retrieved 10 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Wales Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Gold on the Greens" . South Wales Echo. 29 July 1994. p. 51. Retrieved 10 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Star performers can make it a sparkler" . South Wales Echo. 1 April 1995. p. 40. Retrieved 10 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Bowls: Phil Rowlands rolls back the years". Wales Online. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ynyscynon BC". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
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