Betty Forsyth
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| Full name | Elizabeth Leishman Forsyth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 2021 (aged 76)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blantyre BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elizabeth Leishman Forsyth (6 April 1945 – May 2021) was a Scottish international female lawn and indoor bowler.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]Forsyth represented Scotland in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and won a bronze medal,[3] the 1998 Commonwealth Games, 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
She also won a fours silver medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa.[4]
In 1995 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[5][6] and ten years later won the fours silver medal at the Championships.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary: Betty Forsyth, Who Led By Example". Bowls International. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Internationalist Forsyth bows out at first hurdle bowls". Herald Scotland.
- ^ "Sporting Digest: Bowls". The Independent.
- ^ "World Bowls Championships" (PDF). worldbowls.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- Betty Forsyth at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2021 deaths
- Scottish female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls European Champions
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games