Stan Weaver Explained

Stan Weaver
Nationality:	Welsh
Birth Date:	12 January 1890
Birth Place:	Swansea
Death Place:	Radnorshire
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Swansea BC Llandrindod Wells BC

Stanley 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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
2. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
4. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
5. Web site: Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club History. Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club.
6. Web site: WBA Handbook. Welsh Bowls.