Sarah Gourlay

Scottish lawn and indoor bowler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sarah Gourlay is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler born on 28 September 1937.

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Sarah Gourlay
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born (1937-09-28) 28 September 1937 (age 87)
Sport
ClubAnnbank
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
1985 MelbourneWomen's fours
World Indoor Bowls Championships
1992 GuernseyWomen's singles
Commonwealth Games
1994 VictoriaWomen's pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
1993 Floridafours
1997 Llandrindod Wellsfours
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Bowls career

She played lead for the Scottish fours team when winning the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship gold medal in Brisbane.[1] In 1992 she won the 1992 World Indoor Bowls Championship in Guernsey defeating Mary Price in the final.[2]

In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships[3][4] and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships.[5][6]

She competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1986 in the fours event,[7] in 1990 in the pairs event,[8] in 1994 where she won a gold medal in the pairs event,[9] in 1998 in the fours event,[10] and in 2002 in the fours event.[11]

She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1991 & 1995 and the pairs title in 1968 bowling for Annbank.[12]

Family

She is from the famous Scottish Gourlay bowling family and she married David Gourlay Sr. Her son David Gourlay Junior is also a renowned lawn and indoor bowler and coach.

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