Barry Wynks

Barry Graham Wynks was a New Zealand lawn bowler, born on 5 November 1952 and died on 10 December 2020 at the age of 68. He competed in para-sport bowls and won two silver medals in the open para-sport triples at the Commonwealth Games, the first in 2014 with Lynda Bennett and Mark Noble and the second in 2018 with Mark Noble and Bruce Wakefield. Before bowls he was an accomplished table tennis player who represented the Manawatu centre for many years and reached the last 32 in the men's singles at the New Zealand championships in 1972 and 1973. In the 1982 New Year Honours he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service. Wynks is listed at the New Zealand Olympic Committee.