Phil Rowlands
Welsh international lawn bowler
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Philip "Phil" Rowlands is a former international lawn bowler from Wales who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Cardiff IBC
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn and indoor bowls |
| Club | Penhill BC Cardiff IBC |
Biography
Rowlands was born into a bowling family, his father Keith and grandfather Tom both being Welsh internationals.[1] Phil was a member of the Penhill Bowls Club.[2]
Rowlands represented the Welsh team[3] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada,[4] where he competed in the fours event, with Wyn Matthews, Jim Hoskins and Dai Wilkins.[5][6]
Rowlands played for Cardiff indoors[7] and in 2011 he won his second Welsh national indoor championship singles, a title he had previously won 21 years before in 1990.[8]
Rowlands later became the secretary of the Ynyscynon Bowls Club.[9]
