Ronald Weeks

Ronald Weeks
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1884-05-11)11 May 1884
Died30 March 1973(1973-03-30) (aged 88)
OccupationFarmer
Sport
SportLawn bowls

Ronald Weeks (11 May 1884 – 30 March 1973), was a bowls player from England who competed at the British Empire Games.[1]

Bowls career

Weeks represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia,[2] where he competed in the pairs event, finishing in fourth place.[3]

He was honorary secretary of the Winscombe Bowls Club and his brother Hubert was the captain of the same club.[4]

Personal life

He was a farmer by trade and married Nora Kate Ralls, they lived at the Knapps in Winscombe, Somerset.[5]

References

  1. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 23–32. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  2. ^ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Lawn Bowls Pairs - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Winscombe Bowling Club - 5 February 1938". Western Daily Press - Bristol. 1938.
  5. ^ "Ronald Weeks". Ancestry.co.uk.