Danny Prosser
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | Wales |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bowls |
| Club | Port Talbot Municipal |
Danny Prosser is a former Welsh lawn bowler who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]Prosser bowled for the Port Talbot Municipal club[1] and was part of the rinks (fours) team with Evan Jones, Jack Griffiths and Len Hill that won the 1957 Welsh National Bowls Championships.[2][3][4]
The 1957 success led to their selection for the British Commonwealth and Empire Games qualification tournament in Cardiff,[5] which they subsequently won.[6]
He represented the Welsh team[7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the fours/rinks event,[8] and helped Wales finish in seventh place with Evan Jones, Jack Griffiths and Len Hill.[9]
In 1962 he was once again part of the Port Talbot Municipal rinks team that won the Welsh National Championship.[3][4] In 1966 he represented his club against the touring Barbarians team.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sporting Chatter". Neath Guardian. 2 August 1957. p. 15. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Sporting Chatter". Neath Guardian. 30 August 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- 1 2 Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 456.
- ↑ "Sportsmen's Dilemma". Glamorgan Gazette. 27 December 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Games place for Bernie". Western Mail. 28 May 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 31. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "Bryn Thomas's sporting chatter". Port Talbot Guardian. 10 June 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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