Val Howell

{{Short description|Welsh bowls player (died 2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Val Howell | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (Welsh) | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 25 January 2021<ref name=WWLBA>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/117087341635757/permalink/4024562907554828/|title=Val Howell obituary|publisher=Official Welsh Women's Bowling Association Facebook page|access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref> | death_place = | sport = Lawn and indoor bowls | club = Merthyr West End BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{WAL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|1993 Florida|triples}} {{MedalSilver|1993 Florida|fours}} }}

'''Val Howell''' (died 25 January 2021) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.<ref name=CGF>{{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}}</ref>

== Biography == In 1993, she won the triples gold medal and the fours silver medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{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}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{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}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Howell represented the Welsh team<ref name=CGF/> at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004733/19940518/039/0039 |title=Biggest ever in Welsh Games bid |work=South Wales Echo |date=18 May 1994 |p=39 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2026}}</ref> where she competed in the fours event, with Mary Davies, Linda Evans and Betty Morgan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208155232/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/71/all |title=Wales Victoria 1994 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=10 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004733/19940729/051/0051|title=Gold on the Greens |work=South Wales Echo |date=29 July 1994 |p=51 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2026}}</ref>

She became a Welsh champion in 1986 winning the triples at the Welsh National Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}}</ref>

She later became the Welsh team manager.<ref name=WWLBA/>

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