Berwyn Jones

Berwyn Jones

Player information
Full name	Thomas Berwyn Jones
birthday	February 13, 1940
place of birth	Rhymney , Wales
date of death	January 12, 2007
Place of death	Ross-on-Wye , England
society
society	Career ended
position	Outside three-quarters , outside three-quarters
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1964-67	Rhymney	()
1964-67	Wakefield Trinity	189 ()
1967-69	Bradford North	()
1969	St Helens	4 (6)
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
≤1965 - ≥65	Commonwealth XIII	≥1 ()
1965	Other nationalities	1 ()
1964-66	Great Britain	3 (9)

Berwyn Jones medal table
athletics
Wales United Kingdom
European Championship
bronze	Belgrade 1962	4 × 100 m
Commonwealth Games
bronze	Perth 1962	4 × 110 yards

Thomas Berwyn Jones (born February 13, 1940 in Rhymney , Caerphilly County Borough , † January 12, 2007 in Ross-on-Wye , Herefordshire ) was a Welsh-British sprinter and rugby player of both codes. The multiple British and Welsh champion and record holder over the short sprint distances won bronze at the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games with British and Welsh sprint relays . However, Jones then moved as a professional player to the rugby league and became a national player for Great Britain .

Life

In the early 1960s, Jones played for Rhymney RFC rugby union , but was mostly successful as a sprinter. In 1961 he won over 100 m silver at the Universiade , was part of the British national athletics team for the first time and was Welsh champion over the 220 yards . In 1962 he was British and Welsh sprint champion and took part in two international championships of the year, for Wales at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth , for the United Kingdom at the European Championships in Belgrade . As a single runner, he was eliminated in the semifinals over the short sprint distance, but in the short season he won bronze each time: At the European Championships with David Jones , Ronald Jones and Alf Meakin , at the Commonwealth Games with David England , Ronald Jones and Nick Whitehead .

1963 was his best year as a track and field athlete, Jones was considered a potential Olympic participant. He was fifth on the world best of the year and improved the British 100 m record to 10.3 seconds; On August 6, in the international match against the United States, Jones ran as the final runner behind Peter Radford , David Jones and Ronald Jones for the 4-by-110-yard relay, which set a new world record with 40.0 seconds.

Before the start of the 1963 season, Jones was signed by the rugby league team Wakefield Trinity Wildcats after a friendly at Easter , which ended his career in amateur athletics.

Jones began a successful rugby league career: he played in three international matches for the UK rugby league team from 1964 to 1966 and was part of the UK national team for a tour to Australia and New Zealand, but only appeared in games against club teams and Regional selections and not used in the five international matches.

In 1967 he moved to Bradford Northern , in 1969 to St Helens , before ending his active sports career at an early age after only six years as a rugby player.

Jones was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the UK Athletics Federation.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Berwyn Jones. Hall of Fame Athletes. UK Athletics, 2011, accessed April 11, 2011 . 
2. ↑ European Championships. British Medalists. In: gbrathletics.com. 2007, accessed April 11, 2011 . 
3. ^ Commonwealth Games. British Medalists. In: gbrathletics.com. 2007, accessed April 11, 2011 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Leon Wobschall: Death of a Welsh wizard . In: Wakefield Express . January 17, 2007 ( wakefieldexpress.co.uk [accessed April 11, 2011]).
5. ↑ Ian Golden: Welsh-born Great Britain international dies. (No longer available online.) Wales Rugby League , January 15, 2007, archived from the original on July 8, 2011 ; Retrieved April 11, 2011 .