John Russell Evans

John Russell Evans lived from 29 May 1935 to 11 March 2025 and was a Welsh international lawn bowler. He won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, finished fourth in the fours at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, and four years later won a bronze medal in the singles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. He joined the Barry Athletic Bowls Club in 1951 and was a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the singles in 1976 and 1977 and the fours in 1963 and 1969, and he also won two British Isles Bowls Championships titles, the singles in 1978 and the fours in 1964.