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Gwynfryn Gwyn Evans is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player who competed at the Commonwealth Games. He won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, with Ellis Stanbury, Ian Sutherland and John Thomson. He represented Wales from 1967 until 1985, won the Welsh indoor singles title in 1978 and captained the Welsh team at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. Born in Gelli, Rhondda, into a famous bowls family, he is the brother of Maldwyn Evans, the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship gold medal winner. Away from bowls he worked as a chartered public finance accountant and retired as chief executive of Rhondda Borough Council.

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is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player who competed at the Commonwealth Games
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    Evans won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton
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    is a former Welsh international lawn bowls player who competed at the Commonwealth Games
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, 1978
    Evans won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Bowls career, 1980
    captained the Welsh team in the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne
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