Dai Wilkins

David Wilkins, known as Dai Wilkins, was born on 22 July 1942 and is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. In 1969 he became the youngest ever winner of the Neath Bowls Open, and the following year he represented the Welsh team in the singles at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Late in his career he added two Commonwealth Games bronze medals in the fours, at Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and Manchester in 2002. He is a seven times Welsh National Bowls Championships winner, taking the singles in 1983 and 1996, the pairs in 1987 with his son Jeff, the triples in 1986 and 1991 and the fours in 2012 and 2013. Before bowls he had a football trial with Cardiff City and played rugby for Glynneath RFC.