Ray Hill (bowls)

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Ray Hill
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Bornc.1930
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubAberavon BC

Ray Hill (born c.1930) is a former international lawn bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games. [1]

Biography

Hill took up bowls in 1956 following in his father's footsteps (Len Hill), and won the fours bowling with him for the Port Talbot Municipal quartet at the 1962 Welsh National Bowls Championships. Howwver, Ray suffered a heart attack which affected his career. [1]

Hill later became a member of the Aberavon Bowls Club [2] and was a head teacher by profession. [3] Hill was again the champion of Wales at the 1982 Welsh National Bowls Championships, winning the triples. [4] [5]

Hill represented the Welsh team [6] at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, [7] where he competed in the singles event finishing in seventh place. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chip off the old wood - 30 years on!" . South Wales Echo. 24 July 1986. p. 33. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Rowlands hits a double top" . South Wales Echo. 11 June 1986. p. 26. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 47–252. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  5. ↑ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
  6. ↑ "Edinburg ahoy!" . South Wales Daily Post. 20 June 1986. p. 55. Retrieved 4 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Wales Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
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