Margaret Elizabeth Letham (born 21 June 1956) is a female lawn and indoor bowler. From

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, in

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and started bowling at the age of 15.

Bowls career

World Outdoor Championships

Letham has won medals at four World Outdoor Championships. Starting with a pairs gold with Joyce Lindores in 2000 in Moama, Australia and then a singles bronze four years later in Leamington Spa. The third medal came eight years later when she was part of the four that won gold in Adelaide, the four consisted of Letham, Caroline Brown, Lynn Stein and Michelle Cooper. At the same event she also won the pairs bronze partnering Claire Johnston.

Commonwealth Games

She won gold medal at the

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, Malaysia and had competed in five consecutive

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for Scotland from 1998 until 2014.

International

In 1999 she won the singles silver medal and pairs gold medal at the

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. Six years later in 2005, she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the Championships and in 2007 she a second pairs gold medal at the Championships. In 2009 she won her third pairs gold medal before winning a fourth pairs gold medal (and seventh medal in total) at the 2011 Championships in Paphos. In 2008, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title.

National

Letham has won the

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singles title on two occasions in 1999 and 2019. In 2022, she won the women's singles at the

British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, England Scotland, Wales, combined Ireland and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did ...

References

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