Hughes competed for
England at the
1978 Commonwealth Games in the
fours event. In 1979 he won the inaugural Hartlepool Sports Personality of the Year award. The following year, he won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the
1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in
Melbourne with
Tony Allcock,
David Bryant,
Jimmy Hobday and
John Bell. He was the
national pairs champion with
George Turley at the 1983
National Championships bowling for Eldon Grove BC of Durham. Hughes was the manager of Hartlepool Indoor Bowls Club up until the time he died in 2008. == References ==