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 James Weaver (1890-1973), was a Welsh lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1][2]
Bowls career
[edit]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,[6] the pairs in 1934 and the rinks in 1925, 1927 & 1933.[1][7]
Personal life
[edit]He was a building contractor by trade and married Elizabeth Charles in 1923.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "W.B.A. Title won by Swansea man". Western Mail. 30 July 1932. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls.