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Linda Evans (bowls)

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Linda Evans
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Leamington Spa fours
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1993 Florida fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 pairs
Gold medal – first place 2011 triples

Linda Evans is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Linda was part of the fours team that won the gold medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa.[2]

In 1993, she won the fours silver medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3][4]

She was selected as one of the Welsh coaches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[5] and is a representative of the Welsh Bowls Federation.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Linda Evans profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "Super bowl". wales online.
  3. ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games bowls team selected for Wales". Sport Wales.
  6. ^ "Officers & Clubs - Details of clubs and officials". Welsh Bowls Federation.