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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Indoor Bowls, Lawn Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hawick BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 5 (September 2024) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Julie Forrest (born 3 November 1968) is a Scottish bowls player. [2]
Julie has won three World Outdoor medals, a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg and two bronze medals as part of the Scottish team that competed in the Taylor Trophy. She also competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2016. [3]
She was selected to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 [4] and also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title in 1988 and triples title in 1997 bowling for Hawick. [5]
Most of her success has come indoors with her most significant wins being the two women's singles titles at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship (defeating Alison Merrien in the final) [6] [7] and the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship. [8] She had previously finished runner-up at the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship in the mixed pairs. [9] [10] and went on to win her third World indoor title by winning the mixed pairs with Stewart Anderson at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship. [11]
Julie also competed in the 2015 World Cup Singles where she won a silver medal losing out to Siti Zalina Ahmad in the final, the event is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the World Indoor title. [12] [13] [14]
She has won seven IIBC indoor titles, including a record four ladies singles titles (2004, 2010, 2013, 2014) and three mixed pairs titles (2002, 2003, 2013). [15] [2] [16] Forrest also won the last three editions of the WBT Scottish Women's Masters. [2] [17] She is also a record six-time Scottish indoor champion and a three-time British Isles indoor champion in singles competition. [2] [16]
In 2022, Forrest won the women's singles at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, defeating Gloria Ha in the final. [18] The following year she retained the title after beating Katelyn Inch in Warilla, Australia.
Forrest started 2024 in good form winning the 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs with Nick Brett, as the pair bowled together for the first time in the Championships. [19]
Forrest is a member of the Teviotdale Indoor Bowls Club in the Scottish Borders. [2] She is also an Honorary Life Member of the Scottish Indoor Bowling Association (SIBA). [20] Forrest has been playing with Tiger Bowls since 2003. [2] She was inducted into the Scottish Borders Hall of Fame in 2007. [21]
Marilyn Gay Peddell is an international lawn and indoor bowls competitor for Australia, from Bribie Island.
Paul James Foster is a multiple world bowls champion who lives in Troon, Scotland. He plays at Troon Portland (Outdoor) & Ambassador Prestwick (Indoor) bowling clubs.
Alex "Tattie" Marshall is record-breaking Scottish bowls player.
Alison Jayne Merrien is an indoor bowls player from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
Stewart Anderson is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors.
William Jackson is an English international indoor and lawn bowler.
Nick Brett is an English lawn and indoor bowler.
Katherine Rednall is an English lawn and indoor bowler from Stowmarket. She is record six times women's world indoor singles champion.
Rebecca Field married name Rebecca Willgress is an English international lawn & indoor bowls player. Field was the 2013 World Indoor singles champion.
This page is about the IIBC Championships. For the World Bowls Tour, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.
The Greechans are a family of bowls players from Jersey. Both Lindsey Greechan and Thomas Greechan, compete both indoor and outdoor, as does their daughter Chloe Greechan and son Taylor Greechan. Thomas, Lindsey and Helen are all British champions while Thomas, Lindsey and Chloe have all won the IIBC Championships on at least one occasion each. Lindsey, Thomas and Helen have also represented Jersey at the Commonwealth Games.
Iain Donald Smith McLean is a Scottish international lawn bowler.
The 2017 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, on 13–29 January 2017.
The 2019 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 10–27 January 2019. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour.
The 2020 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 9–26 January 2020. The event was organised by the World Bowls Tour and televised by the BBC.
Carla Banks is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.
Dee Hoggan is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.
The 2021 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 8–24 January 2021. The event was organised by the World Bowls Tour, televised by the BBC and streamed live on YouTube. The event was played behind closed doors and there was no under-25 competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence of the pandemic there were no overseas players involved.
The 2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships took place at County of Bristol IBC, Bristol, England, from 25 to 29 April 2022. The event was organised by World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC).
