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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gareth Humphreys, MBE (15 November 1935 – 28 October 2024) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]Humphreys won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2]
In addition he won 15 national titles and 16 county titles and was capped 90 times by Wales from 1963 until 1978.[3]
He played for Barry Athletic Bowls Club from 1959 and represented Wales at the Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.[4] He was a member of Barry Athletic BC for 65 years[5] and represented Wales indoors from 1964 to 1984.[6]
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.[7] He was the British Isles Bowls Championships fours winner in 1964.
Humphreys was the President of the Welsh Indoor Bowls Association in 1990-91.[6]
Personal life and death
[edit]Humphreys was a third generation bowler following his grandfather and father (who was a Welsh international 1957-58) who introduced him into bowls during June 1945.[7][8]
Humphreys died on the 28 October 2024, at the age of 88.[9]
Honours
[edit]Humphreys received an MBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours for his voluntary services to lawn bowls.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gareth Humphreys Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Barry Athletic Bowling Club marks start of Centenary Year". Barry Athletic Bowling Club. 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Gareth Humphreys". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Mr Gareth Humphreys MBE". Welsh Indoor Bowls Association. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ a b Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Gareth Humphreys". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Gareth Humphreys M.B.E." Funeral Notices. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday Honour for South Wales Mr Bowls". Wales Online. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2021.