Julie Forrest (born 3 November 1968) is a

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player.

Bowls career

Outdoors

Julie has won three World Outdoor medals, a

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in the fours at the

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and two

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s as part of the Scottish team that competed in the Taylor Trophy. She also competed at the

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and

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. She was selected to represent Scotland at the

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and also won the

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pairs title in 1988 and triples title in 1997 bowling for Hawick.

Indoors

Most of her success has come indoors with her most significant wins being the two women's singles titles at the

2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship The 2019 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 10–27 January 2019. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour. Stewart Anderson won his second open singles ...

(defeating

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in the final) and the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship. She had previously finished runner-up at the

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in the mixed pairs. and went on to win her third World indoor title by winning the mixed pairs with Stewart Anderson at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship. Julie also competed in the 2015 World Cup Singles where she won a silver medal losing out to

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in the final, the event is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the World Indoor title. She has won seven IIBC indoor titles, including a record four ladies singles titles (2004, 2010, 2013, 2014) and three mixed pairs titles (2002, 2003, 2013). Forrest also won the last three editions of the WBT Scottish Women's Masters. She is also a record six-time Scottish indoor champion and a three-time British Isles indoor champion in singles competition. In 2022, Forrest won the women's singles at the inaugural

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, defeating Gloria Ha in the final. The following year she retained the

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after beating Katelyn Inch in Warilla, Australia. Forrest started 2024 in good form winning the 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs with

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, as the pair bowled together for the first time in the Championships.

Awards

Forrest is a member of the Teviotdale Indoor Bowls Club in the

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. She is also an Honorary Life Member of the Scottish Indoor Bowling Association (SIBA). Forrest has been playing with Tiger Bowls since 2003. She was inducted into the Scottish Borders Hall of Fame in 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forrest, Julie Scottish female bowls players Scottish sportswomen Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 1968 births Living people Indoor Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Bowls European Champions