Ellis Stanbury
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1929 Caerphilly, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 2007 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Llanbradach BC (outdoor) Islwyn (indoor) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ellis George Stanbury (22 September 1929 – 26 March 2007) was a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler,[1] and an industrial photographer by trade.[2][3]
Biography
Stanbury bowled for Llanbradach Bowl Club[4] and represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand,[5] where he competed in the pairs event, with John Thompson.[6]
Stanbury toured the United States and Canada with Wales in 1975 and represented Wales at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in South Africa.[7]
Two years later won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[8][9]
Stanbury won the Welsh National Bowls Championships fours title in 1974.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "It's great here -bowling kings". Belfast Telegraph. 30 June 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Welsh bowlers". Belfast Telegraph. 19 June 1975. p. 28. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ Bell, Harry E. (1976). Official World Bowls 1976 book - no ISBN. J.G. Ince and Son, Johannesburg.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 139–141. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.