Gareth Humphreys
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| Nationality |  Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1935 Tylorstown, Rhondda | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Barry Athletic BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gareth Humphreys (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]
In addition he won 15 national titles and 16 county titles and was capped 90 times by Wales from 1963 until 1978.[3]
He played for Barry Athletic Bowls Club and represented Wales at the Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.[4]
He won the 1963 and 1969 fours title at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Barry Athletic Bowls Club.[5]
Personal life
He was a third generation bowler following his grandfather and father (who was a Welsh international 1957-58) who introduced him into bowls during June 1945.[5]
References
- ^ "Gareth Humphreys Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Barry Athletic Bowling Club marks start of Centenary Year". Barry Athletic Bowling Club.
- ^ a b Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.