Dai Wilkins
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Pontrhydyfen (outdoors) Port Talbot (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Wilkins better known as Dai Wilkins (born 22 July 1942) is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Wilkins was the youngest ever winner of the Neath Bowls Open in 1969.[2] The following year he represented the Welsh team,[3] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinbugh, Scotland,[4] where he participated in the singles competition.[5][6]
He went on to win two Commonwealth Games bronze medals in the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[7]
He is a seven times Welsh National Bowls Championships winner, winning the singles in 1983[8] & 1996,[9][10] the pairs in 1987 with his son Jeff, triples winner in 1986 & 1991 and fours winner in 2012 & 2013.[11]
Football
He had a soccer trial with Cardiff City F.C. before playing rugby for Glynneath RFC.
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Youngest winner of bowls tourney". Neath Guardian. 14 August 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 30 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Welsh team best ever". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 22 May 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 30 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 23-33. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Price takes singles title". South Wales Echo. 22 August 1983. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.