Len Bowden
{{Short description|English lawn bowler}}
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| name = Len Bowden
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = Q4, 1938
| birth_place = Plymouth, England
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| sport = Lawn bowls
| club = Torquay BC
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Leonard F. Bowden is a former English international lawn bowler.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19820514/036/0036 |title=Len takes on bowls Masters |work=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |date=14 May 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2024}}
Bowls career
Bowden was an England international and captained his country in 1980.
He represented England in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS17009481/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b9eca538|title="Index." Times, 9 Oct. 1982, p. 1|publisher=Times Digital Archives|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19821008/040/0040 |title=Scots go for gold in a rush |work=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |date=8 October 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2024}}
Four years later he was selected for England, again in the fours, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48369|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
References
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Category:English male bowls players
Category:Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
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