Maldwyn Evans

Maldwyn Lewis Evans, often known as Mal, lived from 8 November 1937 to 30 December 2009 and was a Welsh bowls champion who won the World Championship in 1972; he is the only Welshman ever to have held the men's world singles title. He came from a famous bowls family and was born in Gelli, Rhondda, and he worked as a teacher in Swansea, Porth, Tonypandy and Ferndale after a history degree at University College of North Wales, Bangor. He played for Wales from 1967 until 1985 and was a member of the Gelli Park club, represented Wales in the singles at the 1974 Commonwealth Games, and won two Welsh National Pairs titles, in 1966 and 1967, with his brother Gwyn Evans.