Frances Whyte is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Whyte won a gold medal in the fours at the

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. Seven years later she won two more golds in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. She also competed at the Commonwealth Games in

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and in

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alongside

Sarah Gourlay 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. In 1992 she won ...

. In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural

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. Two years later she repeated the success winning the fours gold again in Durban.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whyte, Frances Scottish female bowls players Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Bowls World Champions Year of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games