Sarah Gourlay
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Scottish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 September 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Annbank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sarah Gourlay is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler born on 28 September 1937.
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 also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1991 & 1995 and the pairs title in 1968 bowling for Annbank.[7]
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.
References
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 6 Apr. 1992". The Times.
- ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'". The Times. 27 August 1997. p. 39. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'". The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 21 April 2021.