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Julie Forrest

Julie Forrest
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1968-11-03) 3 November 1968 (age 56)
Sport
SportIndoor Bowls, Lawn Bowls
ClubHawick BC
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking5 (September 2024)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Women's Bowls
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Johannesburg fours
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Adelaide Taylor Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Johannesburg Taylor Trophy
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yarmouth singles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Yarmouth singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yarmouth mixed pairs
Gold medal – first place 2024 Yarmouth mixed pairs
World Cup Singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Warilla Singles
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 triples
WB Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bristol singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Warilla singles

Julie Forrest (born 3 November 1968) is a Scottish bowls player.[2]

Bowls career

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Outdoors

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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]

Indoors

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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]

Awards

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "JULIE FORREST". Henselite. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Bowls Scotland announce Team Selection for 2016 World Championships". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Margaret Johnston: Bowls: The mistress of the end-game". Independent. 22 August 1998. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Julie Forrest wins first ladies' singles title". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "SCOTLAND'S JULIE FORREST IS THE NEW 'JUST' 2019 LADIES WORLD INDOOR SINGLES CHAMPION". World Bowls.
  8. ^ "FORREST IS THE 'JUST' 2020 LADIES MATCHPLAY WORLD CHAMPION". World Bowls Tour.
  9. ^ "Bowls: Forrest falls at final hurdle". Hawick News. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Alex Marshall and partner outgunned in Mixed Pairs final". Edinburgh Evening News. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title". Peebleshire News. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  12. ^ "2015 World Cup Singles Warilla Bowls Club, NSW, Australia, Day 9, Results". World Bowls.
  13. ^ "Thriller at Warilla". World Bowls. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  14. ^ "ANOTHER MEDAL ON WORLD STAGE FOR DAVID HOLT". Henselite. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  15. ^ "WIBC PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS". WIBC. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Forrest makes history as she retains world title". Southern Reporter. 18 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  17. ^ "WBT Finals 2001-2014". Horizon Solution. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  18. ^ "Gloria Ha Wins Silver Medal at World Bowls Indoor Championships". BC Magazine. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Brilliant Brett wins his seventh World Indoor Gold medal". Peterborough Today. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  20. ^ "HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS". SIBA. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  21. ^ "Julie and Hugh enter Hall of Fame". Hawick News. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2016.