| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Gourlay |
| Nickname | Goraz |
| Nationality | Scottish-Australian |
| Born | 22 April 1966 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Sport | |
| Club | Prestwick B.C (indoor) Crookston (outdoor) |
Medal record | |
David Gourlay MBE is a Scottish (and former Australian) international lawn & indoor bowler from the Prestwick Bowling Club and Crookston Bowling Club. [1] He is also a Commonwealth Games medal winning coach.
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 15 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]
He is related to the Scottish footballers James Gourlay and Jimmy Gourlay. [3]
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 http://www.davidgourlaybowls.co.uk Bowls Scotland appointed Gourlay as their new head coach for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. [4] After a successful 2014 Commonwealth Games where Scotland won four medals Gourlay stepped down as the head coach. [5]
He returned as head coach for the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland [6]
In the 2018 Birthday Honours, Gourlay was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to bowls. [7]
Gourlay has won seven World Indoor Bowls titles -
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