David Gourlay

David Gourlay MBE
Personal information
Full name Goraz
Nationality  Scotland  Australia
Born (1966-04-22) 22 April 1966
Glasgow
Sport
Club Prestwick B.C (indoor)
Crookston (outdoor)
Medal record
Representing  Scotland &  Australia
World Indoor Bowls Championships
1996Men's singles
2000Men's pairs
2006Men's pairs
2007Men's pairs
2008Mixed pairs
2009Mixed pairs
2012Mixed pairs

David Gourlay is a Scottish (and former Australian) lawn & indoor bowler from the Prestwick Bowling Club and Crookston Bowling Club.[1]

Bowls career

Gourlay, a Glaswegian, first took up the game aged 11 following the success of his father David Gourlay Sr. at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and his mother Sarah Gourlay at the 1985 World Outdoor Championships. He has won eleven World Bowls Tour Titles with the highlight being the World Indoor Singles title in 1996. He represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[2]

Occupation & coaching

Following a spell in Australia from 2005-2009 where Gourlay played and coached in the outdoor and indoor game, he returned to Scotland and set up a bowls retail outlet business. Bowls Scotland appointed Gourlay as their new head coach for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.[3] After a successful 2014 Commonwealth Games where Scotland won four medals Gourlay stepped down as the head coach.[4]

He returned as head coach for the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[5]

Achievements

Gourlay has won seven World Indoor Bowls titles -
1996 World Indoor Men's Singles Champion
2000 World Indoor Men's Pairs Champion with Alex Marshall
2006 World Indoor Men's Pairs Champion with Billy Jackson
2007 World Indoor Men's Pairs Champion with Billy Jackson
2008 World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champion with Ceri Ann Davies
2009 World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champion with Ceri Ann Davies
2012 World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champion with Debbie Stavrou

Other achievements

  • Represented Scotland Commonwealth Games, Malaysia 1998.
  • BUPA Care Homes Open Champion 1998
  • BUPA Care Homes Open Champion 2000
  • Scottish Masters 2002
  • BUPA Care Homes Open Champion 2002

References

  1. ↑ "David Gourlay". Worldbowlstour.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "David Gourlay - Legacy 2014". Legacy2014.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150102020457/http://www.bowlsscotland.com/news/latest-news/105-bowls-scotland-appoints-david-gourlay-as-new-head-coach. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "BBC Sport - David Gourlay steps down as Bowls Scotland head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team Scotland.
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