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Betty Forsyth

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Elizabeth Leishman Forsyth, known as Betty Forsyth, was a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler, born on 6 April 1945 and died in May 2021. She represented Scotland in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, winning a bronze medal, and she also played at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. She won a fours silver medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Moama, Australia. In regional competition she took the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships in 1995 and a fours silver medal at the same championships ten years later. Her record shows a bowler who stayed at the top level of Scottish women's bowls for more than a decade.

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1945 1
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Female 1
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was a Scottish international female lawn and indoor bowler
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    Elizabeth Leishman Forsyth (6 April 1945
  • Lead, gender
    Scottish international female lawn and indoor bowler
  • Lead, nationality
    was a Scottish international female lawn and indoor bowler
  • Plays: Lawn bowls, Lead
    was a Scottish international female lawn and indoor bowler
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, Commonwealth Games
    Forsyth represented Scotland in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Bowls career, World Outdoor Bowls Championship
    She also won a fours silver medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
  • Competed In: Atlantic Bowls Championships, Bowls career, Atlantic Bowls Championships
    she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships
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