John Russell Evans
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 March 2025 (aged 89) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Barry Athletic BC[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Russell Evans (29 May 1935 – 11 March 2025) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
Evans won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[3]
He represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[4] where he competed in the fours event, with Gareth Humphreys, Ian Sutherland and Dai Richards and just missed the medal rostrum after finishing in fourth place.[5] Four years later he won a bronze medal in singles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[6]
He joined the Barry Athletic Bowls Club in 1951 and is a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the singles in 1976[7] & 1977[8] and the fours in 1963 & 1969.[9][10][11]
He has also won two British Isles Bowls Championships titles, the singles in 1978 and the fours in 1964.[12]
Evans died on 11 March 2025, at the age of 89.[13]
References
- ^ "Les wins Welsh title". Pontypridd Observer. 23 August 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "John Russell Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Wales Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Duncan Cooke takes Ponty Open bowls title". Pontypridd Observer. 4 August 1978. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Around the Greens". Glamorgan Gazette. 18 August 1977. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "J. R. Evans". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ "John Russell Evans". Barry & District News. Retrieved 13 August 2025.