Will Thomas (bowls)

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Will Thomas
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1954-10-21)21 October 1954
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubPontrhydyfen BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
World Outdoor Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Auckland pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Adelaide fours
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Adelaide pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Johannesburg fours
Representing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh fours
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1991singles

William "Will" Thomas (born 21 October 1954) is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Wales who won world championship gold and competed at four Commonwealth Games.. [1]

Biography

Thomas represented Wales at the 1988 World Bowls Championship. [2]

He won the 1990 Welsh National Bowls Championships and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1991. [3]

Thomas represented the Welsh team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, [4] where he competed in the pairs event, [5] with Robert Weale. [6] [7]

Thomas won a silver medal in the fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. [8] Four years later he won a fours gold medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg with Stephen Rees, Mark Williams, and Robert Weale. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "News: Welsh Men Selected". Bowls International.
  2. ↑ "Wood is chopped down" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 12 February 1988. p. 16. Retrieved 6 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  4. ↑ "Wales Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  6. ↑ "Bowlers Bring Our Auckland Squad Up To Six" . Port Talbot Guardian. 28 July 1989. p. 40. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Bowlers get the nod for Games" . South Wales Daily Post. 22 July 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  9. ↑ ""Welsh four claim world honours." Times [London, England] 15 Apr. 2000". The Times .
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