Gwynfryn Evans better known as Gwyn Evans, is a former Welsh international

lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

player.

Personal life

Evans was part of a famous bowls family. He was born in Gelli, Rhondda. His father Clifford Maldwyn Evans (1904-1985) and uncle John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), a world-class player, won the Welsh Pairs Championship in 1952. Gwyn worked as a chartered public finance accountant and chief executive of Rhondda Borough Council until his retirement. His brother was

Maldwyn Evans Maldwyn Lewis Evans (8 November 1937 – 30 December 2009), often known as "Mal" Evans, was a Welsh bowls champion, who won the World Championship in 1972. He is the only Welshman ever to have held the men's world singles title. Personal ...

(1937-2009) (the

1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1972 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 5 to 17 June 1972. Maldwyn Evans won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs Gold was won by Hong Kong, the triples Go ...

gold medal winner)

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with a ...

in Edmonton with Ellis Stanbury, Ian Sutherland and John Thomson. He represented Wales from 1967 until 1985, won the Welsh indoor singles title in 1978, and captained the Welsh team in the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. He won two National Championship Pairs titles in 1966 and 1967, with his brother Maldwyn and one fours title in 1961.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Gwyn Welsh male bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games 1931 births People from Rhondda Living people Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls