Joyce Lindores
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| Birth name | Joyce Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1944[1] Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 June 2017 (aged 73) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ettrick Forest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joyce Scott Lindores (2 May 1944 – 18 June 2017) was a Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler.
Bowls career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Joyce Lindores, considered Scotland's leading women's bowler". The Scotsman. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Wylie, Kathryn (29 June 2017). "Tributes paid to champion bowler Joyce Lindores". The Southern Reporter. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ ""Lindores wins." Times [London, England] 8 April 1995". The Times.
- ^ "Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Scots duos' world crown". Aberdeen Evening Express. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 9 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Sad news of Scottish Internationalist – Joyce Lindores". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Miller, Sue (22 June 2017). "Mulgrave Country Club: Breaking News" (PDF). Mulgrave Country Club. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- 1944 births
- 2017 deaths
- Scottish female bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Scottish emigrants to Australia
- Sportspeople from Galashiels
- Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- 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
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Indoor Bowls World Champions
- Bowls European Champions
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games