John Russell Evans
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Nationality | Welsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 29 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Barry Athletic BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Russell Evans (born 1935) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career[]
He won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] He also won a bronze medal in singles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[3]
He joined the Barry Athletic Bowls Club in 1951 and is a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the singles in 1976 & 1977 and the fours in 1963 & 1969.[4][5][6]
He has also won two British Isles Bowls Championships titles, the singles in 1978 and the fours in 1964.[7]
References[]
- ^ "John Russell Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "J. R. Evans". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
Categories:
- 1935 births
- Living people
- Welsh male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls