Richard Bowen (born 5 January 1957) is a Welsh international

lawn bowler 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 ...

Bowls career

Bowen won a

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in the fours with

Jason Greenslade Jason John Greenslade (born 6 March 1970) is a Welsh international indoor and lawn bowler. After moving to Guernsey in 2022 he later represented them in competition. He reached a career high ranking of world number 28 in March 2025. Bowls car ...

Ian Slade Ian Slade (born 18 April 1968) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. He won a bronze medal in the fours with Dai Wilkins, Mark Anstey and Neil Rees at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Four years later he repeated t ...

and

Dai Wilkins David Wilkins better known as Dai Wilkins (born 22 July 1942) is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career He won two Commonwealth Games bronze medals in the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and t ...

at the

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. Bowen bowls for Barry Athletic Bowling Club and has previously bowled for Cardigan Bowling Club and Porthcawl Bowling Club. Bowen won the 1994 fours title at the

Welsh National Bowls Championships The Welsh National Bowls Championships is organised by Welsh Lawn Bowls (WLB) which was formed in 2023 as an amalgamation of the Welsh Bowling Association and Welsh Women's Bowling Association. The first national championships were held in 1919 ...

when bowling for Cardigan BC and the National Senior Singles in 2018 when bowling for Barry Athletic Bowling Club. He has also won the Welsh Triples in 1988 bowling with Porthcawl Bowling Club. He is a director of BowlsWales.

References

1957 births Living people Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Welsh male bowls players Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls {{UK-bowls-bio-stub