Gareth Humphreys M.B.E
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1935-11-15)15 November 1935
Tylorstown, Rhondda
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubPenrhys Park, followed by Barry Athletic BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Worthing triples
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1964fours

Gareth Humphreys (born 1935) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.[1] Gareth received an MBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours for his voluntary services to lawn bowls.[2]

Bowls career

He won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[3]

In addition he won 15 national titles and 16 county titles and was capped 90 times by Wales from 1963 until 1978.[4]

He played for Barry Athletic Bowls Club from 1959 and represented Wales at the Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.[5]

He is a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the triples in 1974 and the fours in 1963, 1969 and 1976, when bowling for the Barry Athletic Bowls Club.[6] He was the British Isles Bowls Championships fours winner in 1964.

Personal life

He was a third generation bowler following his grandfather and father (who was a Welsh international 1957-58) who introduced him into bowls during June 1945.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Gareth Humphreys Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honour for South Wales Mr Bowls". Wales Online. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ↑ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  5. ↑ "Barry Athletic Bowling Club marks start of Centenary Year". Barry Athletic Bowling Club.
  6. 1 2 Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  7. ↑ "Gareth Humphreys". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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