Joyce Lindores

Joyce Lindores
Personal information
Birth name Joyce Scott
Nationality  Scotland
Born 5 February 1944[1]
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland[2]
Died 18 June 2017(2017-06-18) (aged 73)
Melbourne, Australia
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
2000 Moama Pairs
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur Pairs
World Indoor Bowls Championships
1995 Cumbernauld Singles

Joyce Scott Lindores (5 February 1944 – 18 June 2017) was an Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler.

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.

Lindores remained in Melbourne after the 2006 Commonwealth Games held there.[1] She died on 18 June 2017 in Melbourne.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "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 Digital Archive. (Registration required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls". BBC Sport.
  5. ↑ "Sad news of Scottish Internationalist – Joyce Lindores". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Miller, Sue (22 June 2017). "Mulgrave Country Club: Breaking News" (PDF). Mulgrave Country Club. Retrieved 22 June 2017.


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