Les Watson
John Leslie 'Les' Watson (1909-1991), was an England international lawn bowler.[1] [2]
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| Born | 3 May 1909 Darlington | ||||||||||
| Died | 1 April 1991 (aged 82) Darlington | ||||||||||
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| Club | Darlington East Park | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
He won a gold medal in the Men's Rinks (Fours) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, with Sidney Drysdale, David Bryant and Tom Fleming.[3]
He won the 1956 pairs National Championship with his brother Harry Watson representing Darlington East Park and Durham.[4]
Personal life
He was an engineer by trade.
gollark: Exactly!
gollark: Idea: genetically engineer Grinch, destroy Christmas forever.
gollark: Russian roulette with orbital lasers?
gollark: It's idiomatic C because if it compiles it runs and it had *no warnings* even with `-Weverything`.
gollark: Well, all programming languages fall into basically 5 categories at most, and I know approximately what those are, so I can* use** any language.
References
- "profile". Bowls tawa.
- "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "Past Records". Bowls England.
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