Bernie Williams (bowls)

Williams bowled for the Pontymister Welfare Bowls Club^[1] and in 1957 won the Welsh National Bowls Championships singles title.^[2][3] The 1957 success led to his selection for the British Commonwealth and Empire Games qualification tournament in Cardiff, which he subsequently won.^[4]

He then represented the Welsh team^[5] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the singles event,^[6][7] and finished in ninth place, despite suffering from ill-health.^[8][9]