Joyce Lindores

Joyce Lindores

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	Joyce Scott 2 May 1944 Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Died	18 June 2017(2017-06-18) (aged 73) Melbourne, Australia
Sport
Club	Ettrick Forest BC
Medal record Representing  Scotland World Outdoor Championships 1992 Ayr Triples 1992 Ayr Fours 1992 Ayr Team 1996 Leamington Spa Singles 1996 Leamington Spa Team 2000 Moama Pairs 2000 Moama Fours 2000 Moama Team Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Pairs 2006 Melbourne Pairs World Indoor Bowls Championships 1995 Cumbernauld Singles Atlantic Bowls Championships 1997 Llandrindod Wells triples 1999 Cape Town pairs 2005 Bangor pairs 2005 Bangor fours

Joyce Scott Lindores (2 May 1944 – 18 June 2017) was a Scottish international indoor and lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Lindores won the Women's singles at the 1995 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating Margaret Johnston in the final. Three years later she won the pairs gold medal with Margaret Letham at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. The pair then won the pairs title at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Moama, Australia.

In 2005 she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships in Bangor, previously she had won a triples bronze in 1997 and pairs gold in 1999.

She also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title in 1988 and 1997 and the pairs in 1993 bowling for Ettrick Forest.

Lindores remained in Melbourne after the 2006 Commonwealth Games held there. She died on 18 June 2017 in Melbourne.

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