Julie Forrest

Julie Forrest
Personal information
Nationality Scottish
Born (1968-11-03) 3 November 1968
Residence Scottish Borders, Scotland
Sport
Sport Indoor Bowls, Lawn Bowls
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Women's Bowls
World Outdoor Championships
2000 Johannesburg Fours
1996 Adelaide Taylor Trophy
2000 Johannesburg Taylor Trophy
World Indoor Championships
2016 Norfolk Mixed Pairs
WIBC Championships
2002 Mixed Pairs
2003 Mixed Pairs
2004 Singles
2010 Singles
2013 Singles
2013 Mixed Pairs
2014 Grainville Singles
2005 Singles
2011 Singles
World Cup
2015 Warilla Singles
Six Nations
2016 Christchurch Triples

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JULIE FORREST". Henselite. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Forrest makes history as she retains world title". Southern Reporter. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "WBT Finals 2001-2014". Horizon Solution. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bowls: Forrest falls at final hurdle". Hawick News. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Alex Marshall and partner outgunned in Mixed Pairs final". Edinburgh Evening News. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Thriller at Warilla". World Bowls. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "ANOTHER MEDAL ON WORLD STAGE FOR DAVID HOLT". Henselite. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "6 Nations Test: Scotland win three Bronze medals". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Margaret Johnston: Bowls: The mistress of the end-game". Independent. 22 August 1998. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bowls Scotland announce Team Selection for 2016 World Championships". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS". SIBA. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Julie and Hugh enter Hall of Fame". Hawick News. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  13. 1 2 "WIBC PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS". WIBC. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

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