Amy Pharaoh
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979
Grimsby, England
Sport
ClubCleethorpes BC
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Leamington Spa fours
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gold Coast fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2002 Manchesterpairs
Bronze medal – third place2006 Melbournetriples
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi pairs
Silver medal – second place2022 Birminghampairs
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Yarmouth Mixed pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 Ayrtriples
Gold medal – first place2011 Paphosfours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place2012pairs
Gold medal – first place2012fours

Amy Pharaoh (born 20 March 1979 in Grimsby), also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1][2]

Personal life

In August 2002, she married and became Amy Monkhouse.[3] She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall but then remarried in 2022 to become Amy Pharaoh.[2]

Career

Gowshall won a bronze medal in the Women's pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Ellen Falkner at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4]

She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games before representing England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won, with Ellen Falkner, a gold medal in the woman's pairs competition.[5]

In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[6][7] and in 2011 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Championships.[8]

In 2018, she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final[9] and also finished runner-up to Sophie Tolchard in the 2018 National Singles[10]

In 2022, under the name of Amy Pharaoh she competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the Games.[11][2] In the pairs with Sophie Tolchard she secured a silver medal.[12]

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[13] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[14][15] In the fours, her team won the gold medal defeating Australia in the final.

References

  1. ↑ THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 "Amy Pharaoh". Bowls England. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Woods, Jon (6 January 2003). "Bowls: Forrest clinches her place in semis". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Natalie Melmore wins singles bowls gold for England". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  8. ↑ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Results Portal - Two Wood" (PDF). Bowls England.
  10. ↑ "Results Portal - Singles" (PDF). Bowls England.
  11. ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "RYAN, KRSTIC CLAIM PAIRS GOLD WITH DRAMATIC EXTRA END WIN". Commonwealth Games Australia. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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