Dai Richards (bowls)
Welsh international lawn bowler
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David "Dai" Richards (born c.1926), is a former international lawn bowler from Wales, who captained his nation[1] and competed at the Commonwealth Games.
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c.1926 Llanelli, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Brynhyfryd BC (Llanelli, Carms) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Richards was a member of the Brynhyfryd Bowls Club in Llanelli (Carms)[2] and made his Welsh international debut in 1972.[3]
He won the Welsh National Bowls Championships in the fours in 1971 and 1972[4] and the triples in 1975.[5]
Richards represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[6] where he competed in the fours event, with Ian Sutherland, Gareth Humphreys and John Russell Evans, just missing the medal rostrum after finishing in fourth place.[7]
After the Welsh national title wins he subsequently qualified to represent Wales at the British Isles Bowls Championships, where they won the fours title in 1973.[8] He also skipped the fours at the 1976 British Isles Championships after their national 1975 success.[9]
Richards, a steelworker by profession, also represented Wales at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in South Africa.[10]