Lyn Perkins
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
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 place1976pairs
Gold medal – first place1979pairs
Gold medal – first place1981pairs

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

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]

He was the coach for the lawn bowls team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[5]

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. "Melbourne06: Wales set target". Wales Online.


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