Dai Wilkins

David 'Dai' Wilkins (born 22 July 1942) is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Dai Wilkins

Personal information
Nationality	Wales
Born	22 July 1942
Sport
Club	Pontrhydyfen (outdoors) Port Talbot (indoors)
Medal record Representing  Wales Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours 2002 Manchester fours

Bowls career

He won two Commonwealth Games bronze medals in the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[2]

He was the Welsh National singles champion in 1983 & 1996 [3] [4] and also won the Welsh pairs bowls title with his son Jeff.[5]

Football

He had a soccer trial with Cardiff City F.C. before playing rugby for Glynneath RFC.

References

1. "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
3. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
4. "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
5. Newby, Donald (1988). The Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.