Leon Kessel Explained

Leon Kessel
Nationality:	South Africa
Birth Date:	1911
Death Date:	2001
Club:	Reading Country Club, Alberton and Southern Transvaal

Leon Kessel (1911–2001) was a South African international lawn bowler and team manager.^[1]

He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 ^[2] and won a bronze medal in the triples with Kelvin Lightfoot and Tommy Harvey at the event.^[3]

He was the team manager of the all-conquering South African team during the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa. 2016-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20161228033342/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/5157. 2016-12-28. dead.
2. Book: Ampol Petroleum Ltd. First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. 1966. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
3. Web site: World Bowls Champions. Burnside Bowling Club.
4. Web site: 1976, a year to remember. Bowls South Africa.