Val Howell
{{Short description|Welsh bowls player (died 2021)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Florida|triples}}
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Val Howell (died 25 January 2021) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49201|title=Val Howell profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=27 May 2021|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208145845/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49201|url-status=dead}}
Bowls career
Howell was part of the fours Welsh team that competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.
In 1993, she won the triples gold medal and the fours silver medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503369651/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=53c04381|title='Shaw strikes gold'|date=25 October 1993 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=28 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500635684/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7805d2c8|title='Guernsey finally falter|date=1 November 1993 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=21 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}
She became a Welsh champion in 1986 winning the triples at the Welsh National Bowls Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}}
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Category:Welsh female bowls players
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
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