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Sarah Gourlay

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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
Gold medal – first place 1985 Melbourne Women's fours
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Guernsey Women's singles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Women's pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Florida fours
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Llandrindod Wells fours

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

Bowls career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 6 Apr. 1992". The Times.
  3. ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'". The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Results from the Commonwealth Games Yesterday". Birmingham Evening Mail. No. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Price is right". Cambridge Evening News. 29 January 1900. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Sarah Gourlay". Team Scotland. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. ^ "The Golden Games Day 4". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 1998. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Former Deputy PM collapses". The Daily Telegraph. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 21 April 2021.