Betty Forsyth

Elizabeth Leishman Forsyth (6 April 1945 – May 2021) was a Scottish international female lawn and indoor bowler.[2]

Betty Forsyth
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Leishman Forsyth
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born(1945-04-06)6 April 1945
DiedMay 2021(2021-05-00) (aged 76)[1]
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBlantyre BC
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Johannesburg Women's Fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria Women's Fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 Durbanfours
Silver medal – second place2005 Bangorfours

Bowls career

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
  1. "Obituary: Betty Forsyth, Who Led By Example". Bowls International. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. "Internationalist Forsyth bows out at first hurdle bowls". Herald Scotland.
  3. "Sporting Digest: Bowls". The Independent.
  4. "World Bowls Championships" (PDF). worldbowls.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "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.
  6. "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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