Commonwealth Games: Wales name bowls team for Glasgow
Wales have announced their lawn bowls team for the 2014
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The 15 bowlers include Robert Weale who won two gold, three
silver and a bronze medal in Delhi in 2010.
"We're really happy to be the first team announcing our
full squad," said Hazel Wilson, Commonwealth Games co-ordinating manager
for lawn bowls.
"There's a great mix of youth and experience amongst
the team which will stand us in good stead."
Competing over nine days in six separate events, Wales'
bowlers will compete in the singles, pairs, triples, fours, visually impaired
mixed pairs and para-sport triples.
"I'm confident that we can continue with the
medal-winning ways previously shown by bowlers at Commonwealth Games,"
added Wilson.
The squad range in age from 25-years-old to 71 with half of
the squad making their Commonwealth Games début.
"Lawn bowls has made a fantastic contribution to the
final Team Wales medal tally at the last few Commonwealth Games and I'm looking
forward to seeing some of those medallists perform again for us in
Glasgow," said Chris Jenkins, chief executive officer of the Commonwealth
Games Council for Wales.
"The inclusion of para-sport events for bowlers is
great to see and it's meant that we're able to send more bowlers to a
Commonwealth Games than ever before."
TEAMS
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| Wales' squad, 2014 |
Men's Team: Mark Harding (Beddau, pairs and fours), Paul
Taylor (Bridgend, triples and fours), Jonathan Tomlinson (Neath-Port Talbot,
triples and fours), Robert Weale (Presteigne, singles and pairs), Marc Wyatt
(Caerphilly, triples and fours).
Women's Team: Anwen Butten (Carmarthen, singles and pairs),
Lisa Forey (Swansea, triples and fours), Kelly Packwood (Newport, triples and
fours), Kathy Pearce, (Berriew, triples and fours) Caroline Taylor (Berriew,
singles and pairs).
Visually Impaired Mixed Pairs: Rosa Crean (Cardiff), Gilbert
Miles (Swansea).
Para-Sport Triples: Chris Gibson (Cardiff), Dave Powell
(Monmouthshire), Kevin Woolmore (Wrexham).
More details here.