David Gourlay

David Gourlay is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler from the Prestwick Bowling Club and the Crookston Bowling Club, who also lived and played in Australia between 2005 and 2009. A Glaswegian, he took up the game at the age of 11 after the success of his father at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and his mother at the 1985 World Outdoor Championships. He has won 15 World Bowls Tour titles and seven World Indoor Bowls titles, among them the 1996 World Indoor Men's Singles and several world indoor pairs and mixed pairs titles. He represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and later served as Scotland's head coach for the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to bowls.