Elizabeth Dickson (bowls)

Elizabeth Dickson
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Died2022 (2023)
Sport
SportLawn and indoor bowls
ClubEyemouth BC
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1994 Victoriafours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 Durbanfours

Elizabeth "Liz" Dickson (died 2022) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Biography

Dickson represented Scotland for 25 years at BIWBC Senior International level from 1998 to 2012. Dickson was a member of the Eyemouth BC.[2] In 1994, she was selected by Scotland for the fours event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and won a bronze medal with Betty Forsyth, Janice Maxwell and Dorothy Barr.[3][4]

In 1995 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[5][6]

Dickson represented the Scottish team again[7] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she competed in the fours event, with Betty Forsyth, Sarah Gourlay and Joyce Miller.[8]

Dickson died in 2022.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Elizabeth Dickson profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. 1 2 "Liz Dickson Obituary". Bowls Scotland. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ↑ "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scotland Women are just bowling along". Scotland on Sunday. 13 September 1998. p. 57. Retrieved 10 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Scotland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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