Ray Williams (bowls)

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Ray Williams
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born1951 (1951)
Bedwas, Wales
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubIslwyn BC, Pontymister Ath BC, Bedwas & Trethomas BC and Senghydd BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Edmonton men's pairs

Ray Williams (born c.1951), is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player. [1] [2]

Biography

In 1975, Williams was a member of the Bedwas Bowls Club. [3]

Williams, an assistant transport manager at the time, was the Monmouthshire open champion and represented Wales at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in South Africa. [4]

He won a bronze medal in the men's pairs at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton with Jim Morgan. [5]

Four years later he represented Wales again in the fours event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. In 1983, after 24 caps for Wales, he received a 20-month suspended ban for misconduct (drunken behaviour) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-86367-220-5.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ↑ "BSC bowlers crash to a rare home defeat" . Gwent Gazette. 6 June 1975. p. 18. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Bell, Harry E. (1976). Official World Bowls 1976 book - no ISBN. J.G. Ince and Son, Johannesburg.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ "Welsh bowls star banned" . South Wales Echo. 2 February 1983. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
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