Leighton Jenkins (bowls)

Jenkins broke his arm playing rugby, which forced him to take up bowls in 1947.^[1] He was a member of the Penclawdd Bowls Club^[2] and was a two-times national champion, winning the pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships in 1968 with Gwyn Howells and the fours in 1967.^[3][4] By winning the national pairs they represented Wales at the 1968 British Isles Bowls Championships.^[2]

Jenkins represented the Welsh team,^[5] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinbugh, Scotland.^[6] He participated in the pairs competition partnering Leighton Jenkins.^[7][8]

By profession he was the head of music at a comprehensive school^[1] and partnered Maldwyn Evans in the pairs at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.^[9]