Gareth Humphreys

Gareth Humphreys, who held an MBE, was a Welsh international lawn bowler, born on 15 November 1935 and died on 28 October 2024 at the age of 88. He took a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and represented Wales in the fours at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, finishing fourth. Wales capped him 90 times between 1963 and 1978, and he also played for the Welsh indoor team from 1964 to 1984. At home he won 15 national titles and 16 county titles, was four times Welsh national champion, and won the British Isles Bowls Championships fours in 1964. He bowled for Barry Athletic Bowls Club for 65 years, served as President of the Welsh Indoor Bowls Association in 1990-91, and was a third generation bowler whose father was also a Welsh international. He received his MBE in 2009 for services to lawn bowls.