Elizabeth Dickson (bowls)

Elizabeth Dickson

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Died	2022 (2023)
Sport
Sport	Lawn and indoor bowls
Club	Eyemouth BC
Medal record Representing   Scotland Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria fours Atlantic Bowls Championships 1995 Durban fours

Elizabeth "Liz" Dickson (died 2022) was a Scottish international lawn bowler. ^[1]

Biography

Dickson represented Scotland for 25 years at BIWBC Senior International level from 1998 to 2012. Dickson was a member of the Eyemouth BC. ^[2] In 1994, she was selected by Scotland for the fours event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and won a bronze medal with Betty Forsyth, Janice Maxwell and Dorothy Barr. ^{[3] [4]}

In 1995 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. ^{[5] [6]}

Dickson represented the Scottish team again ^[7] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she competed in the fours event, with Betty Forsyth, Sarah Gourlay and Joyce Miller. ^[8]

Dickson died in 2022. ^[2]

References

1. "Elizabeth Dickson profile". Bowls tawa.
2. "Liz Dickson Obituary". Bowls Scotland. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
3. "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
5. "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'" . The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ dead link ]}
6. "'For the Record' (1995)" . The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.^{[ dead link ]}
7. "Scotland Women are just bowling along" . Scotland on Sunday. 13 September 1998. p. 57. Retrieved 10 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Scotland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2026.