Joyce Lindores Explained

Joyce Lindores
Birth Name:Joyce Scott
Nationality:British (Scottish)
Birth Date:2 May 1944[1]
Birth Place:Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland[2]
Death Place:Melbourne, Australia
Club:Ettrick Forest

Joyce Scott Lindores (2 May 1944 – 18 June 2017) was a Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Lindores won the Women's singles at the 1995 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating Margaret Johnston in the final.[3] Three years later she won the pairs gold medal with Margaret Letham at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[4] The pair then won the pairs title at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Moama, Australia.[5]

In 2005 she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships in Bangor, previously she had won a triples bronze in 1997 and pairs gold in 1999.[6]

She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1988 and 1997 and the pairs in 1993 bowling for Ettrick Forest.[7]

Lindores remained in Melbourne after the 2006 Commonwealth Games held there.[1] She died on 18 June 2017 in Melbourne.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Joyce Lindores, considered Scotland's leading women's bowler. 30 July 2017. The Scotsman. 5 July 2017. en.
  2. News: Wylie. Kathryn. Tributes paid to champion bowler Joyce Lindores. 30 July 2017. The Southern Reporter. 29 June 2017. en.
  3. Web site: "Lindores wins." Times [London, England] 8 April 1995]. The Times. registration .
  4. News: Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls. 7 December 2012 . BBC Sport.
  5. News: Scots duos' world crown . Aberdeen Evening Express . 16 March 2000 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 9 November 2024 .
  6. Web site: 2005 Atlantic Rim Games. World Bowls Ltd. https://web.archive.org/web/20060111132351/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html. 23 May 2021. 2006-01-11.
  7. Web site: Previous Winners. Bowls Scotland. 21 April 2021. 4 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404184426/https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners. dead.
  8. Web site: Sad news of Scottish Internationalist – Joyce Lindores . Bowls Scotland . 25 June 2017.
  9. Web site: Mulgrave Country Club: Breaking News . Mulgrave Country Club . 22 June 2017 . Miller . Sue . 22 June 2017.

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