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
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Worthing triples
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton singles
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 singles
Gold medal – first place 1964 fours

John Russell Evans (29 May 1935 – 11 March 2025) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Evans 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]

Evans died on 11 March 2025, at the age of 89.[10]

References

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