Amy Pharaoh (born 20 March 1979 in

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), also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Personal life

In August 2002, she married and became Amy Monkhouse. She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall but then remarried in 2022 to become Amy Pharaoh.

Career

Gowshall won a bronze medal in the Women's pairs at the

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. In 2004, she won the

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in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and

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at the

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. She won a bronze medal at the

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before representing England at the

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where she won, with

, a gold medal in the woman's pairs competition.The Daily Telegraph
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and in 2011 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Championships. In 2018, she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final and also finished runner-up to Sophie Tolchard in the 2018 National Singles In 2022, under the name of Amy Pharaoh she competed at the

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in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the Games. In the pairs with Sophie Tolchard she secured a silver medal.

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