Gareth Humphreys

Gareth Humphreys
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born(1935-11-15)15 November 1935
Tylorstown, Rhondda, Wales
Died28 October 2024(2024-10-28) (aged 88)
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubPenrhys Park, followed by Barry Athletic BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Worthing triples
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 fours

Gareth Humphreys, MBE (15 November 1935 – 28 October 2024) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Humphreys won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2]

In addition he won 15 national titles and 16 county titles and was capped 90 times by Wales from 1963 until 1978.[3]

He played for Barry Athletic Bowls Club from 1959 and represented Wales at the Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.[4] He was a member of Barry Athletic BC for 65 years[5] and represented Wales indoors from 1964 to 1984.[6]

He was a four times Welsh National Champion, winning the triples in 1974 and the fours in 1963, 1969 and 1976, when bowling for the Barry Athletic Bowls Club.[7] He was the British Isles Bowls Championships fours winner in 1964.

Humphreys was the President of the Welsh Indoor Bowls Association in 1990-91.[6]

Personal life and death

Humphreys was a third generation bowler following his grandfather and father (who was a Welsh international 1957-58) who introduced him into bowls during June 1945.[7][8]

Humphreys died on the 28 October 2024, at the age of 88.[9]

Honours

Humphreys received an MBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours for his voluntary services to lawn bowls.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Gareth Humphreys Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. ^ "Barry Athletic Bowling Club marks start of Centenary Year". Barry Athletic Bowling Club. 15 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Gareth Humphreys". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Mr Gareth Humphreys MBE". Welsh Indoor Bowls Association. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  8. ^ "Gareth Humphreys". Barry Athletic Bowls Club. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Gareth Humphreys M.B.E." Funeral Notices. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Queen's Birthday Honour for South Wales Mr Bowls". Wales Online. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2021.