Team Wales
Anwen Butten Inducted into the Welsh Hall of Fame
BowlsWales is proud to celebrate one of Welsh bowls’ greatest ever players. On Thursday 25th June, Anwen Butten officially joined the Welsh Hall of Fame — an honour that reflects a career spanning 35 years, six Commonwealth Games, and medals at every level of the sport. A Career Built on Dedication Anwen first represented Wales…
Read MoreWales Confirms Squad for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
BowlsWales can confirm that six athletes will represent Wales at Glasgow 2026 — including a defending champion chasing a historic third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold. Wales will field competitors in the women’s pairs and singles, men’s pairs and singles, and visually impaired mixed pairs across both the Bowls and Para Bowls programmes. Among them is…
Read MoreDay Seven – 2018 Commonwealth Games
“What a hero” They say the man will be given the freedom of “Bont”. That was the reaction on social media to the final bowl that Gilbert Miles drew in to claim a Bronze medal against Scotland. Partnering former school headteacher Julie Thomas, from Bridgend in the B2/B3 Mixed Pairs, the Pontarddulais veteran held his nerve…
Read MoreDay Four – 2018 Commonwealth Games
Daniels delivers Wales’ first medal on the greens. April 8th 2018 can be another memorable moment that Laura Daniels can add to her impressive bowling CV. Daniels’ outstanding form continued into the semi-final where she faced Canada’s Kelly McKerihen powering past her Canadian opposition winning 21 – 13. Setting her up for the Gold medal…
Read MoreDay Three – 2018 Commonwealth Games
Day Three – Commonwealth Games Day three was also going to be a pivotal day in the quest for medals in Week One of the Lawn Bowls events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Starting the day, in the Ladies Singles event Laura Daniels was safe in the knowledge that she was through to the evenings…
Read MoreDay One – 2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games is underway in what was a busy first day for our Welsh bowlers in the Lawn Bowls events. Ten matches in all, which started in bright morning sunshine, before a mid-afternoon cloudburst delayed play before the evening session under the Broadbeach floodlights. Laura Daniels began her Ladies Singles campaign with two…
Read MoreMeet the Team – Support Staff
With just days until our athletes set off for the Gold Coast, many of us are counting down until our players take to the greens. But behind the team is a group of very passionate people, who work tirelessly in the run up to and during the games to give our athletes every chance of…
Read MoreMeet the team – Mens Fours
WEEK SIX of Meet the Team – this week we turn the attention to our Mens Fours. Mens Fours
Read MoreWorld Short Mat Bowls Championship 2018
This week sees Short Mat Team Wales heading out to Stromstad in Sweden for the World Short Mat Bowls Championship which begins on the 16th March and concludes on Sunday 18 March. WSMBA World Championships 2018
Read MoreMeet the team – Mens Singles
Mens Singles Attention turns to the Men this week. Meet Daniel Salmon, who carries our medal hopes in the Mens Singles & Pairs.
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