:Neil Rees (bowls)
{{Short description|Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur|Fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2007 Ayr|triples}}
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Neil Peter Rees (born 28 April 1978) is a former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite web |url=http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/lawn.htm |title=Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls |date=10 September 1998 |work=Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=2018-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401203324/http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/lawn.htm |archive-date=2016-04-01 |url-status=dead }}
Bowling career
He won a bronze medal in the fours with Dai Wilkins, Ian Slade and Mark Anstey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.{{cite web |url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/3109 |title=Neil Rees |website=bowlstawa.nz |publisher=Bowls Tawa |access-date=2018-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227125608/https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/3109 |archive-date=2018-02-27 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls |website=gbrathletics.com |publisher=GBR Athletics |access-date=2018-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004163304/http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm |archive-date=2018-10-04 |url-status=live}}
He also participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the pairs competition partnering with Jason Greenslade.{{cite web |url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=106904 |title=Neil Rees |work=Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=2018-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123737/http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=106904 |archive-date=2018-12-09 |url-status=live}}
He has also won the triples gold medal and fours bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2007 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-date=2010-11-25}}{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503552743/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8d4aa913|title=Bowls |date=18 July 2007 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=20 May 2021|page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }} and the 1997 and 2012 triples title at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for Parc-y-Dre BC.{{cite web |url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf |title=WBA Handbook |website=welshbowls.co.uk |publisher=Welsh Bowls |access-date=2019-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321182231/https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-21 |url-status=live}}
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