Joyce Lindores
British lawn bowler
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Joyce Scott Lindores (2 May 1944 – 18 June 2017) was a Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler.
2 May 1944[1]
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Joyce Scott 2 May 1944[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 June 2017 (aged 73) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Ettrick Forest BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[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]