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

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. In 1992 she won the

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defeating

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

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and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships. She competed at the Commonwealth Games in

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in the fours event, in

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in the pairs event, in

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where she won a gold medal in the pairs event, in

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in the fours event, and in

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in the fours event. She also won the

Scottish National Bowls Championships The Scottish National Bowls Championships is one of the oldest bowls competitions in the world. In 1892 Mr James Brown of Sanquhar BC and Dr Clark of the Partick BC formed the Scottish Bowls Association and organised the first rink (fours) champ ...

singles title in 1991 & 1995 and the pairs title in 1968 bowling for Annbank.

Family

She is from the famous Scottish Gourlay bowling family and she married David Gourlay Sr. Her son

David Gourlay David Gourlay is a Scottish (and former Australian) international lawn & indoor bowler from the Prestwick Bowling Club and Crookston Bowling Club. He is also a Commonwealth Games medal winning coach. Bowls career Gourlay, a Glaswegian, firs ...

Junior is also a renowned lawn and indoor bowler and coach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gourlay, Sarah Scottish female bowls players Living people 1937 births Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Bowls World Champions Indoor Bowls World Champions Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games