Amy Gowshall

Amy Gowshall
Personal information
Nationality  England
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979
Sport
Club Cleethorpes BC

Amy Gowshall also known as Amy Monkhouse (born 20 March 1979, in Grimsby) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Personal Life

In August 2002 she married and became Amy Monkhouse.[2] She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall.

Career

Gowshall won a bronze medal in the Women's pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Ellen Falkner at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games before representing England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won, with Ellen Falkner, a gold medal in the woman's pairs competition.[4][5]

In 2018 she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final[6] and also finished runner-up to Sophie Tolchard in the 2018 National Singles[7]

References

  1. THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Bowls: Forrest clinches her place in semis". The Telegraph.
  3. "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. Commonwealth Games 2010: Ellen Falkner and Amy Monkhouse celebrate Gold in women's lawn bowls pairs
  5. Ellen bowled over as she and pal take gold Archived September 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. "Results Portal - Two Wood" (PDF). Bowls England.
  7. "Results Portal - Singles" (PDF). Bowls England.
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