Frances Whyte

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Frances Whyte
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born22 September 1930 [1]
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubPriorscroft BC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Melbourne fours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Ayr triples
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Ayr fours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Ayr team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Victoria pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1993 Floridafours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995 Durbanfours

Janet "Frances" M. Whyte (born 22 September 1933) is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Scotland who won world championship golds and competed at three Commonwealth Games. [2]

Biography

Whyte won a gold medal in the fours at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. Seven years later she won two more golds in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. [3]

She also competed at the Commonwealth Games in bowls events at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Sotland. [4]

Whyte represented the Scottish team [1] at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, [5] [6] where she competed in the pairs event, with Sarah Gourlay. [7]

In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships. [8] [9]

A third Commonwealth Games appearance ensued in the bowl events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.. [3]

One year later she repeated the Atlantic Bowls success winning the fours gold again in Durban. [10] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "The glory hunters" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 24 January 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  3. 1 2 "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ↑ "Results from the Commonwealth Games Yesterday". Birmingham Evening Mail. No. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 39–46. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  6. ↑ "Scotland Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Bruces's golden shot" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 2 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "'Shaw strikes gold'" . The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. ↑ "'Guernsey finally falter" . The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "'For the Record' (1995)" . The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021– via The Times Digital Archive.
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