Julie Forrest
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| Nationality | Scottish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Scottish Borders, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Indoor Bowls, Lawn Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julie Forrest (born 3 November 1968) is a Scottish bowls player.[1]
She has won seven world indoor titles, including a record four WIBC World Indoor Ladies Singles titles and three WIBC World Indoor Mixed Pairs titles.[1][2] Forrest also won the last three editions of the WBT Scottish Women's Masters.[1][3] She is also a record six-time Scottish indoor champion and a three-time British Isles indoor champion in singles competition.[1][2]
Forrest was a losing finalist in the World Indoor Mixed Pairs event in 2016.[4][5] She is a silver medalist in the triples event at the World Outdoor Championships in 2000 and the World Cup singles tournament in 2015.[6][7] She won a bronze in the Six Nations triples event in 2016.[8] She competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1998[9] and at the World Outdoor Championships in 1996, 2000 and 2016.[10]
Forrest is a member of the Teviotdale Indoor Bowls Club in the Scottish Borders.[1] She is also an Honorary Life Member of the Scottish Indoor Bowling Association (SIBA).[11] Forrest has been playing with Tiger Bowls since 2003.[1] She was inducted into the Scottish Borders Hall of Fame in 2007.[12]
Her world championship titles include:
- WIBC Ladies Singles championship: 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014[13]
- WIBC Mixed Pairs championship: 2002, 2003, 2013[13]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JULIE FORREST". Henselite. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Forrest makes history as she retains world title". Southern Reporter. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "WBT Finals 2001-2014". Horizon Solution. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "Bowls: Forrest falls at final hurdle". Hawick News. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "Alex Marshall and partner outgunned in Mixed Pairs final". Edinburgh Evening News. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "Thriller at Warilla". World Bowls. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "ANOTHER MEDAL ON WORLD STAGE FOR DAVID HOLT". Henselite. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "6 Nations Test: Scotland win three Bronze medals". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Margaret Johnston: Bowls: The mistress of the end-game". Independent. 22 August 1998. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ "Bowls Scotland announce Team Selection for 2016 World Championships". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS". SIBA. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "Julie and Hugh enter Hall of Fame". Hawick News. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- 1 2 "WIBC PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS". WIBC. Retrieved 29 November 2015.