John Price
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
Born (1960-09-14) 14 September 1960
Port Talbot
Sport
Club(indoor) Port Talbot
(outdoor) Aberavon
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1994Men's pairs
Silver medal – second place 1998Men's singles
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Men's pairs
Gold medal – first place 2005 Mixed pairs
Gold medal – first place 2006 Mixed pairs
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1982pairs
Gold medal – first place1983triples

John Haydn Price is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler and current bowls commentator.

Bowls career

Early life

Brought into the game by his grandparents at the age of 10, and as a schoolboy, he initially played only during the summer holidays, winning a couple of open tournaments in partnership with his father Harry. He started to take bowls seriously after earning his first Wales cap in 1979.[1]

Price is one of the founder members of both the Professional Bowls Association and also the World Bowls Tour, and is a timeless ace on the portable rink, .

World Indoor Championships

Price is a four times World indoor champion, winning the singles in 1990. Price also made the 2005 final fifteen years after his first singles title was achieved, where he lost to Paul Foster in the final. He teamed up with Stephen Rees to lift the 1999 World Indoor Pairs,[2] and was twice World Mixed Pairs champion when he partnered Carl Ashby in the 2005 and 2006 finals.

Commonwealth Games

He was a pairs Commonwealth Games silver medallist at the 1994 Commonwealth Games with Robert Weale. He also represented Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

National titles

He has amassed ten indoor Welsh National Titles and four indoor British Isle Titles[3] and two Welsh National Bowls Championships outdoor titles, the triples in 1982 and the pairs in 1981, the latter with his father Harry Price when bowling for Aberavon BC. The pair were then successful in winning the corresponding British Isles Bowls Championships.[4]

Administration & commentating

He is the Vice Chairperson of the Professional Bowls Association.[5] He assists David Corkill in the commentary box for the BBC during the televised stages of the World Indoor Bowls Championships.

References

  1. "Welsh sporting greats: John Price". Welsh Sports News. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. "No surprises on world indoor championships' opening night". Nationwidebowler.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. "John Price". Worldbowlstour.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. Newby, Donald (1989). Bowls Year Book 89. Daily Telegraph. ISBN 0-330-31093-3.
  5. "About Us". PBA.
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