Leon Kessel
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| Born | 1911 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 2001 | ||||||||||||
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Reading Country Club, Alberton and Southern Transvaal | ||||||||||||
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Leon Kessel (1911-2001) was a South African international lawn bowler and team manager.[1]
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.
- ↑ 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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