Gareth Humphreys
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1935 Tylorstown, Rhondda, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 October 2024 (aged 88) Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Penrhys Park, followed by Barry Athletic BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gareth Humphreys, MBE (15 November 1935 – 28 October 2024) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]
Humphreys won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] He represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[3] where he competed in the fours event, with Ian Sutherland, John Russell Evans and Dai Richards and just missed the medal rostrum after finishing in fourth place.[4]
In addition he won 15 national titles and 16 county titles and was capped 90 times by Wales from 1963 until 1978.[5]
He played for Barry Athletic Bowls Club from 1959[6] and was a member of Barry Athletic BC for 65 years[7] and represented Wales indoors from 1964 to 1984.[8]
He was 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.[9] He was the British Isles Bowls Championships fours winner in 1964.
Humphreys was the President of the Welsh Indoor Bowls Association in 1990-91.[8]