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

Bowls career

Saunders won the English National title in 2005 representing Hampshire. By winning the National title she represented England at the 2006

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event in Christchurch, New Zealand where she won the

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defeating

Julie Keegan Julie Keegan is a female Australian international lawn bowls player. Bowls career In 2008, she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 2008 World Championships. Two years later she won a silver medal at the 2010 ...

in the final. In 2011 she won the fours gold medal and the triples silver medal at the

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. In 2022, she won the champion of champions title at the

2022 Bowls England National Finals The 2022 Bowls England National Finals are a series of lawn bowls events to determine the National champions of England. The Championships are being held from 25 August to 11 September 2022, at the Royal Leamington Spa Bowls Club in Victoria Pa ...

Personal life

Saunders is a sports coach at Bryanston School, near

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and married fellow bowler Roy Leake (a former fours National finalist) in Las Vegas during 2012.

References

Living people English female bowls players 1962 births {{UK-bowls-bio-stub