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Leon Stanfield
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1934[1] Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | |||||||||||
| Education | Swansea University | |||||||||||
| Occupation | Teacher | |||||||||||
| Years active | 1950-2008 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | Bodmin BC Troedyrhiw BC | |||||||||||
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James Leon Stanfield (born 18 June 1934) is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.
Biography
[edit]Stanfield became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1966.[2][3][4]
Stanfield bowled for Bodmin Bowls Club and represented Cornwall ten times in Middleton Cup games.[5]
He was a teacher by trade and[6] in 1960 he was working at Bodmin Grammar School and married Catherine Betty Langman.[7] He was active in politics for much of his life. He was Secretary of the Bodmin Labour Party in the early 1960s and also served as Secretary for the Bodmin Hockey Club.[8]
In 1966 he left Cornwall for Wales[9] and became Secretary for the Troedyrhiw Bowls Club.[6] In 1977 he won the Welsh Indoor Championship.[10]
He served as councillor on Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council for many years and one of his achievements is helping to set up the Brecon Mountain Steam Railway.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Champion of the British Isles". Cornish Guardian. 15 September 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cornwall Bowlers Have Shock Cup Win Over Spmerset". Cornish Guardian. 11 June 1964. p. 11. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "Stanfield – Langman". Cornish Guardian. 21 April 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hole Knocked In The Health Service". Cornish Guardian. 9 February 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bodmin Hockey Club Presentation". Cornish Guardian. 6 January 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "BBC2". Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal. 13 January 1978. p. 26. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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