Tom Griffiths (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Wales | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Abergavenny BC | |||||||||||||||||
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Tom Griffiths was a Welsh international lawn bowler who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).[1]
Biography
Griffiths was a member of the Abergavenny Bowling Club.[2]
In 1960 the Abergavenny quartet of Griffiths, Albert Evans, Lynn Probert and Claude Stephens won the national fours title at the Welsh Championships.[3] Subsequently, the four then won British Isles Bowls Championships in 1961.[4]
Griffiths represented the 1962 Welsh team[5] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia[6] in the pairs event and the fours/rinks event, with Albert Evans, Lynn Probert and Claude Stephens,[7] where the team finished in fifth place.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Abergavenny Bowls Club goes misty eyed at a little blast". Abergavenny Chronicle. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "Forging Ahead". Western Mail. 27 August 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 210. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 53. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "The Family Affair". Daily Mirror. 16 August 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Wales Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "Shock Defeat for England Bowlers". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 20 November 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales in front after 7th round". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 22 November 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.