Julie Saunders

Julie Saunders married name Julie Leake, is an English female international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Julie Saunders
Julie Leake
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1962
Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBournemouth IBC (indoors)
Poole Park (outdoors)
Medal record
Representing  England
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Paphosfours
Silver medal – second place2011 Paphostriples
English Nationals
Gold medal – first place2005singles 4 wood
Gold medal – first place2022champion of champions

Bowls career

Saunders won the English National title in 2005 representing Hampshire.[2] By winning the National title she represented England at the 2006 World Singles Champion of Champions event in Christchurch, New Zealand where she won the gold medal defeating Julie Keegan in the final.[3][4]

In 2011 she won the fours gold medal and the triples silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5] In 2022, she won the champion of champions title at the 2022 Bowls England National Finals.[6]

Personal life

Saunders is a sports coach at Bryanston School, near Blandford Forum and married fellow bowler Roy Leake (a former fours National finalist) in Las Vegas during 2012.[7]

References
  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  3. "Champion of Champion finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. "Memory Lane Julie Leake". Bowls England. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  7. "East Dorset bowling couple to wed after 23-year engagement". Daily Echo.


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