Sarah Gourlay Explained

Sarah Gourlay
Nationality:Scottish
Birth Date:28 September 1937
Club:Annbank

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.[1] In 1992 she won the 1992 World Indoor Bowls Championship in Guernsey defeating Mary Price in the final.[2]

In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships[3] [4] and four years later won a fours bronze at the Championships.[5] [6]

She competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1986 in the fours event,[7] in 1990 in the pairs event,[8] in 1994 where she won a gold medal in the pairs event,[9] in 1998 in the fours event,[10] and in 2002 in the fours event.[11]

She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1991 & 1995 and the pairs title in 1968 bowling for Annbank.[12]

Family

She is from the famous Scottish Gourlay bowling family and she married David Gourlay Sr. Her son David Gourlay Junior is also a renowned lawn and indoor bowler and coach.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  2. Web site: "For the Record." Times [London, England] 6 Apr. 1992]. The Times.
  3. News: 'Shaw strikes gold'. 25 October 1993 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 28 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  4. News: 'Guernsey finally falter. 1 November 1993 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 21 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  5. News: Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'. 27 August 1997 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 39 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  6. News: Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'. 3 September 1997 . The Times . 25 May 2021. 46 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  7. News: Results from the Commonwealth Games Yesterday . 3 November 2023 . Birmingham Evening Mail . 28 July 1986.
  8. News: Price is right . 3 November 2023 . Cambridge Evening News . 29 January 1900.
  9. Web site: Sarah Gourlay . Team Scotland . 3 November 2023.
  10. News: The Golden Games Day 4 . 3 November 2023 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 15 September 1998.
  11. News: Former Deputy PM collapses . 3 November 2023 . The Daily Telegraph . 27 July 2002.
  12. Web site: Previous Winners. Bowls Scotland. 21 April 2021.

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