Gwyn Howells (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | c.1910[1] Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Penclawdd BC | ||||||||||||||
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Gwyn Howells (1910 – date of death unknown) was an international lawn bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Howells was a member of the Penclawdd Bowls Club[2] and was a two-times national champion, winning the pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships in 1968 with Leighton Jenkins and the fours in 1967.[3][4] By winning the national pairs they represented Wales at the 1968 British Isles Bowls Championships.[2]
At the age of 60,[1] Howells represented the Welsh team,[5] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[6] He participated in the pairs competition partnering Leighton Jenkins.[7][8]
References
- 1 2 "Greulling days on the greens". Evening News (London). 13 July 1970. p. 13. Retrieved 30 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 "Ireland win rink title". Belfast News-Letter. 16 September 1968. p. 10. Retrieved 30 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 49–52. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 207–211. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ "Welsh team best ever". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 22 May 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 23-33. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.