Stan Weaver
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Nationality | Welsh | |||||||||||||
Born | Swansea | January 12, 1890|||||||||||||
Died | 24 March 1973 Radnorshire | (aged 83)|||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
Club | Swansea BC Llandrindod Wells BC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stanley 'Stan' James Weaver (1890-1973), was a Welsh lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1][2]
Bowls career[]
At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the pairs event with Thomas Davies.[3][4]
He bowled for the Swansea and Llandrindod Wells Bowls Clubs.[5] He was a Welsh representative from 1927-1935 and was Welsh national champion on five occasions winning the singles in 1932, the pairs in 1934 and the rinks in 1925, 1927 & 1933.[1][6]
Personal life[]
He was a building contractor by trade and married Elizabeth Charles in 1923.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club History". Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.
Categories:
- Bowls biography stubs
- Welsh male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- 1890 births
- 1973 deaths