Harold Powell (bowls)

Harold Powell

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	c.1919[1]
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Farnborough British Legion BC

Harold Powell was an English international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

Powell was the champion of England in 1958 (singles)[1] and 1975 (triples)[3] and an England international from 1959 until 1970.[4] He represented England several times at the Home Countries' International Championships, including skip.[5]

He represented England in the rinks (fours),[6] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, with Norman Hook, Bobby Stenhouse and Cliff Stroud.[7][8][9]

He bowled for Farnborough British Legion BC and was a cycle shop manager by trade.[1]

References

1. "Third-Try title". Daily Herald. 23 August 1958. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
3. "National Bowls Championship". Birmingham Daily Post. 18 August 1975. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
5. "Wales win and Irish get reprieve". Belfast Telegraph. 3 July 1970. Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Bowls". Cambridge Daily News. 7 February 1970. Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
8. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
9. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.