Linda Evans (bowls)
Welsh international lawn bowler
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Linda Evans is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Port Talbot BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Evans was part of the fours team that won the gold medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and also won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa.[2]
Evans represented the Welsh team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[3] where she competed in the fours event,[4] with Ann Dainton, Rita Jones and Stella Oliver.[5] [6][7]
In 1993, she won the fours silver medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.[8][9]
She was selected as one of the Welsh coaches at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[10] and is a representative of the Welsh Bowls Federation.[11]