John Russell Evans

John Russell Evans (born 1935) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]

John Russell Evans

Personal information
Nationality	Wales
Born	(1935-05-29)29 May 1935
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Barry Athletic BC
Medal record Representing  Wales World Outdoor Championships 1972 Worthing triples Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton singles

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]

In addition to his international successes he was also the Welsh National singles champion in 1976 & 1977 [4] [5] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1978.[6]

References

1. "John Russell Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
2. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
4. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
5. "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
6. "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.