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Will Thomas (bowls)

Will Thomas
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1954-10-21)21 October 1954
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubPontrhydyfen BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Auckland pairs
Silver medal – second place 1996 Adelaide fours
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Adelaide pairs
Gold medal – first place 2000 Johannesburg fours
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh fours
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 singles

William "Will" Thomas (born 21 October 1954) is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Wales who won world championship gold and competed at four Commonwealth Games..[1]

Biography

Thomas represented Wales at the 1988 World Bowls Championship.[2]

He won the 1990 Welsh National Bowls Championships and subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1991.[3]

Thomas represented the Welsh team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[4] where he competed in the pairs event,[5] with Robert Weale.[6][7]

Thomas won a silver medal in the fours at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.[8] Four years later he won a fours gold medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg with Stephen Rees, Mark Williams, and Robert Weale.[9]

References

  1. ^ "News: Welsh Men Selected". Bowls International.
  2. ^ "Wood is chopped down". Aberdeen Evening Express. 12 February 1988. p. 16. Retrieved 6 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  4. ^ "Wales Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  6. ^ "Bowlers Bring Our Auckland Squad Up To Six". Port Talbot Guardian. 28 July 1989. p. 40. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Bowlers get the nod for Games". South Wales Daily Post. 22 July 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  9. ^ ""Welsh four claim world honours." Times [London, England] 15 Apr. 2000". The Times.
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