John Russell Evans

John Russell Evans
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1935-05-29)29 May 1935
Died11 March 2025(2025-03-11) (aged 89)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBarry Athletic BC[1]
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place1972 Worthingtriples
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1978 Edmontonsingles
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1978singles
Gold medal – first place1964fours

John Russell Evans (29 May 1935 – 11 March 2025) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

Evans won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[3]

He represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[4] where he competed in the fours event, with Gareth Humphreys, Ian Sutherland and Dai Richards and just missed the medal rostrum after finishing in fourth place.[5] Four years later he won a bronze medal in singles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[6]

He joined the Barry Athletic Bowls Club in 1951 and is a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the singles in 1976[7] & 1977[8] and the fours in 1963 & 1969.[9][10][11]

He has also won two British Isles Bowls Championships titles, the singles in 1978 and the fours in 1964.[12]

Evans died on 11 March 2025, at the age of 89.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Les wins Welsh title". Pontypridd Observer. 23 August 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "John Russell Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ↑ "Wales Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  6. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  7. ↑ "Duncan Cooke takes Ponty Open bowls title". Pontypridd Observer. 4 August 1978. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Around the Greens". Glamorgan Gazette. 18 August 1977. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "J. R. Evans". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  11. ↑ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
  12. ↑ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  13. ↑ "John Russell Evans". Barry & District News. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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