Cliff Williams (bowls)

Cliff Williams
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubGowerton BC

Cliff Williams is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Williams was a member of the Gowerton Bowls Club[1] and represented Wales at the 1981 Home International Championship.[2]

In 1981 representing Wales, he partnered Alun Thomas in the Australian bowls classic in Newcastle[3] and won a bronze medal.[4]

Williams represented the Welsh team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia,[5] where he competed in the fours event, with Jim Morgan, Ray Williams and Alun Thomas. The quartet just missed the medals rostrum after finishing in fourth place.[6]

Williams was later selected for the 1983 Home International Championship.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Bowls Notes by Jack Wood". Mid Sussex Times. 26 June 1981. p. 19. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "The Welsh international bowls selectors". Gwent Gazette. 18 June 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "World Sport". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 26 March 1981. p. 35. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Ebbw Vale bowler Alun Thomas". Gwent Gazette. 9 April 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Wales Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  7. ^ "Four Bowlers Make It". Gwent Gazette. 5 May 1983. p. 17. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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