Sarah Gourlay
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born (1937-09-28) 28 September 1937 (age 86)
Sport
ClubAnnbank
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Melbourne Women's fours
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Guernsey Women's singles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Women's pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Florida fours
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Llandrindod Wells fours

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.

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 6 Apr. 1992". The Times.
  3. ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'". The Times. 27 August 1997. p. 39. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'". The Times. 3 September 1997. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Results from the Commonwealth Games Yesterday". Birmingham Evening Mail. No. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Price is right". Cambridge Evening News. 29 January 1900. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Sarah Gourlay". Team Scotland. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. ^ "The Golden Games Day 4". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 1998. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Former Deputy PM collapses". The Daily Telegraph. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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