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Lyn Perkins

Lyn Perkins
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Sport
ClubTonypandy BC
Gelli Park BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1979 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1981 pairs

Lyn Perkins is a Welsh former international lawn and indoor bowler and coach.[1]

Biography

He won a silver medal in the pairs with Spencer Wilshire at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.[2][3] He is a three times Welsh National Champion, winning the pairs with Wilshire in 1975, 1978 and 1980, when bowling for the Tonypandy Bowls Club.[4]

With Spencer Wilshire, he was British champion in the pairs three times in 1976, 1979 and 1981.[5]

He was the coach for the lawn bowls team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. ^ "History". Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Spencer can spark win". Daily Mirror. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Melbourne06: Wales set target". Wales Online. 23 February 2006.


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