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Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tylorstown, Rhondda | 15 November 1935|||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Penrhys Park, followed by Barry Athletic BC | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gareth Humphreys (born 1935) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler. [1] In 2013, he received an MBE in the 2013 Birthday Honours for his voluntary services to lawn bowls. [2]
He won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. [3]
In addition he won 15 national titles and 16 county titles and was capped 90 times by Wales from 1963 until 1978. [4]
He played for Barry Athletic Bowls Club from 1959 and represented Wales at the Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in New Zealand. [5]
He is a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the triples in 1974 and the fours in 1963, 1969 and 1976, when bowling for the Barry Athletic Bowls Club. [6] He was the British Isles Bowls Championships fours winner in 1964.
He was a third generation bowler following his grandfather and father (who was a Welsh international 1957-58) who introduced him into bowls during June 1945. [6] [7]
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