Wynne Richards (born 10 June 1950) is a former male international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Wynne was born in

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and began bowling at his father's club Troedyrhiw. He moved to London and represented England before winning the 1984 and 1986 English National Championship singles and the singles at the

British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, England Scotland, Wales, combined Ireland and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did ...

in 1985. He has also won the British Isles indoor singles title in 1985. His best achievement on the international stage came when he finished runner up to Hugh Duff in the

1988 World Indoor Bowls Championship The 1988 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Alexandra Palace, London, England, from 5 to 13 March 1988. The event moved to the newly rebuilt Alexandra Palace from the Coatbridge indoor bowling club. Seeds were introduced for th ...

. In addition he won two bronze medals in the triples and fours at the

1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1988 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, from 30 January to 14 February 1988. David Bryant won a third singles Gold defeating Willie Wood in the final. New Zealand won the Pairs and Triples, ...

. He represented

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in the fours event, at the

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in Victoria,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Wynne English male bowls players Living people 1950 births Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England