Leon Stanfield

James Leon Stanfield is a former Welsh international lawn bowler.

Biography

Stanfield became the British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1966.
Stanfield bowled for Bodmin Bowls Club and represented Cornwall ten times in Middleton Cup games.
He was a teacher by trade and in 1960 he was working at Bodmin Grammar School and married Catherine Betty Langman. He was active in politics for much of his life. He was Secretary of the Bodmin Labour Party in the early 1960s and also served as Secretary for the Bodmin Hockey Club.
In 1966 he left Cornwall for Wales and became Secretary for the Troedyrhiw Bowls Club. In 1977 he won the Welsh Indoor Championship.
He served as councillor on Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council for many years and one of his proudest achievements is helping to set up the Brecon Mountain Steam Railway.