Linda Evans (bowls)
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Port Talbot BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda Evans is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
Evans 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]
Evans represented the Welsh team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[3] where she competed in the fours event,[4] with Ann Dainton, Rita Jones and Stella Oliver.[5] [6][7]
In 1993, she won the fours silver medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[8][9]
She was selected as one of the Welsh coaches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[10] and is a representative of the Welsh Bowls Federation.[11]
References
- ^ "Linda Evans profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Super bowl". wales online.
- ^ "Wales Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Bowlers get the nod for Games". South Wales Daily Post. 22 July 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Six Local Bowlers Seeking Auckland Games Glory!". Port Talbot Guardian. 28 December 1989. p. 31. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "It could be bowls golds galore for the Welsh team". South Wales Daily Post. 6 January 1990. p. 23. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games bowls team selected for Wales". Sport Wales.
- ^ "Officers & Clubs - Details of clubs and officials". Welsh Bowls Federation.