Joyce Lindores

Joyce Scott Lindores (2 May 1944 – 18 June 2017) was a Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler.

Joyce Lindores
Personal information
Birth nameJoyce Scott
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born2 May 1944[1]
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland[2]
Died18 June 2017(2017-06-18) (aged 73)
Melbourne, Australia
Sport
ClubEttrick Forest
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 MoamaPairs
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala LumpurPairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 CumbernauldSingles
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place1997 Llandrindod Wellstriples
Gold medal – first place1999 Cape Townpairs
Silver medal – second place2005 Bangorpairs
Silver medal – second place2005 Bangorfours

Bowls career

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.

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.[5]

She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1988 and 1997 and the pairs in 1993 bowling for Ettrick Forest.[6]

Lindores remained in Melbourne after the 2006 Commonwealth Games held there.[1] She died on 18 June 2017 in Melbourne.[7][8]

References
  1. "Joyce Lindores, considered Scotland's leading women's bowler". The Scotsman. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. Wylie, Kathryn (29 June 2017). "Tributes paid to champion bowler Joyce Lindores". The Southern Reporter. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ""Lindores wins." Times [London, England] 8 April 1995". The Times.
  4. "Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls". BBC Sport.
  5. "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. "Sad news of Scottish Internationalist – Joyce Lindores". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  8. Miller, Sue (22 June 2017). "Mulgrave Country Club: Breaking News" (PDF). Mulgrave Country Club. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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