Stan Weaver

{{Short description|British lawn bowler}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

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| name = Stan Weaver

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| nationality = Welsh

| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|1|12}}

| birth_place = Swansea

| death_date = {{Death date and age |df=yes|1973|3|24|1890|1|12}}

| death_place = Radnorshire

| sport = Lawn bowls

| club = Swansea BC
Llandrindod Wells BC

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{{MedalSport | Men's Lawn bowls}}

{{MedalCountry | {{WAL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1934 London|Pairs}}

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Stanley James Weaver (1890-1973), was a Welsh lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.{{cite book|last=Bolsover|first=Godfrey|title=Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1959|publisher=Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn)}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48201|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Bowls career

Weaver represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games and won the bronze medal in the pairs event with Thomas Davies.{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GRB Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2501|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19340810/149/0014 |title=Empire Games|work=The Scotsman |date=10 August 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 April 2025}}

He bowled for the Swansea and Llandrindod Wells Bowls Clubs.{{cite web|url=http://llandrindod-bowling.co.uk/llandrindod-wells-bowling-club/history/|title=Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club History|publisher=Llandrindod Wells Bowling Club}} He was a Welsh representative from 1927-1935 and was Welsh national champion on five occasions winning the singles in 1932,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19320730/134/0004 |title=W.B.A. Title won by Swansea man |work=Western Mail |date=30 July 1932 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 August 2024}} the pairs in 1934 and the rinks in 1925, 1927 & 1933.{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}}

Personal life

He was a building contractor by trade and married Elizabeth Charles in 1923.

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