Ray Williams (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1951 Bedwas, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Islwyn BC, Pontymister Ath BC, Bedwas & Trethomas BC and Senghydd BC | ||||||||||||||
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Ray Williams (born c.1951), is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player.[1][2]
Biography
In 1975, Williams was a member of the Bedwas Bowls Club.[3]
Williams, an assistant transport manager at the time, was the Monmouthshire open champion and represented Wales at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in South Africa.[4]
He won a bronze medal in the men's pairs at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton with Jim Morgan.[5]
Four years later he represented Wales again in the fours event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. In 1983, after 24 caps for Wales, he received a 20-month suspended ban for misconduct (drunken behaviour) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[6]
References
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "BSC bowlers crash to a rare home defeat". Gwent Gazette. 6 June 1975. p. 18. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bell, Harry E. (1976). Official World Bowls 1976 book - no ISBN. J.G. Ince and Son, Johannesburg.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Welsh bowls star banned". South Wales Echo. 2 February 1983. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.