Leon Kessel
Leon Kessel (1911–2001) was a South African international lawn bowler and team manager.[1]
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| Born | 1911 | |||||||||||||
| Died | 2001 | |||||||||||||
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| Club | Reading Country Club, Alberton and Southern Transvaal | |||||||||||||
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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]
References
- "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
- Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- "1976, a year to remember" (PDF). Bowls South Africa.
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