John Russell Evans Explained

John Russell Evans
Nationality:British (Welsh)
Birth Date:1935 5, df=yes
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Barry Athletic BC

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[4] & 1977[5] and the fours in 1963 & 1969.[6] [7] [8]

He has also won two British Isles Bowls Championships titles, the singles in 1978 and the fours in 1964.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Russell Profile. Bowls tawa. 2016-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531072749/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2365. 2016-05-31. dead.
  2. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
  4. News: Duncan Cooke takes Ponty Open bowls title . Pontypridd Observer . 4 August 1978 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2024.
  5. News: Around the Greens . Glamorgan Gazette . 18 August 1977 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2024.
  6. Web site: J. R. Evans. Barry Athletic Bowls Club. 29 April 2021.
  7. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.
  8. Web site: WBA Handbook. Welsh Bowls.
  9. Web site: Previous Winners. British Isles Bowls Council.