Beth Riva

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Beth Riva
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born2003 [1]
Sport
SportIndoor and lawn Bowls
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Women's Bowls
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Yarmouth mixed pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Yarmouth singles

Beth Riva (born 2003) is a Scottish bowls player who won the World Championship mixed pairs in 2025. [2]

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Bowls career

In 2022 after being capped as an under-25 Scottish International, Riva was chosen by Team Scotland's Achieve programme to travel to the 2022 Commonwealth Games as part of the Team Scotland experience. [3]

Riva teamed up with Jason Banks to win the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs title. [1] In the first round the pair defeated Robert Paxton and Lucy Smith in straight sets before winning their semi-final match against Les Gillett and Nicole Rogers again in straight sets. [4] [5] Riva and Banks then won the final against tournament favourites Paul Foster and Katherine Rednall without dropping a set. Riva was studying law at Edinburgh Napier University at the time. [1] She was also runner-up in the ladies' singles, defeating Chelsea Spencer in the semifinals, [6] before losing the final to Julie Forrest. [7] [8]

Family

Her uncle is six-times world indoor singles champion Alex Marshall. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Beth Riva wins mixed pairs title at World Indoor Bowls Championships". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. "Riva and Banks hailed as 'future of bowls' after world mixed title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  3. "2022 Achieve: Beth Riva". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. "Scottish bowlers one match from becoming bowls world champions". The National Scot. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  5. "Gifford's Beth Riva one match from becoming bowls world champion". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  6. "Chelsea Spencer from Spalding is beaten by Beth Riva at the World Indoor Bowls Championship". Lincs Online. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  7. "Beth Riva runner-up at World Indoor Bowls Championship". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  8. "Forrest clinches World Indoor Bowls singles title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2025.