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'''Amy Monkhouse''' (born 20 March 1979, in [[Grimsby]]) is a [[bowls|lawn bowler]].<ref>[http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/09/28/manual_172154.html THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She represented England at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] where she won, with [[Ellen Falkner]], a gold medal in the [[Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's pairs|woman's pairs competition]].<ref name=Gold>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1319631/COMMONWEALTH-GAMES-2010-Ellen-Falkner-Amy-win-womens-lawn-bowls-pairs.html Commonwealth Games 2010: Ellen Falkner and Amy Monkhouse celebrate Gold in women's lawn bowls pairs]</ref><ref name>[http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Sport/Commonwealth-Games/Ellen-bowled-over-as-she-and-pal-take-gold.htm Ellen bowled over as she and pal take gold]</ref>
'''Amy Pharaoh''' (born 20 March 1979 in [[Grimsby]]), also known as '''Amy Gowshall''' and '''Amy Monkhouse''', is an English international [[bowls|lawn and indoor bowler]].<ref>[http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/09/28/manual_172154.html THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025092904/http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/09/28/manual_172154.html |date=2011-10-25 }}</ref><ref name=BE>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/amy-pharaoh/|title=Amy Pharaoh|publisher=Bowls England|access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>


==References==
== Personal life ==
In August 2002, she married and became Amy Monkhouse.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/bowls/2393944/Bowls-Forrest-clinches-her-place-in-semis.html|title=Bowls: Forrest clinches her place in semis|date=6 January 2003|first=Jon|last=Woods|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=India|access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref> She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall but then remarried in 2022 to become Amy Pharaoh.<ref name=BE/>

== Career ==
Gowshall won the [[Bowls England National Championships (women's junior singles)|National junior singles]] four times in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002. The first was at age 17.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001121/19961202/033/0033 |title=Gowshall bowled over |work=Grimsby Daily Telegraph |date=2 December 1996 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

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

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the [[2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship|fours]] with [[Jayne Christie]], [[Jean Baker (bowls)|Jean Baker]] and [[Ellen Falkner]] at the [[2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF502885718&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004|work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

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 [[Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's pairs|woman's pairs competition]].<ref name=Gold>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Natalie Melmore wins singles bowls gold for England |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827033236/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8061774/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Natalie-Melmore-wins-singles-bowls-gold-for-England.html |archive-date=27 August 2014 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8061774/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Natalie-Melmore-wins-singles-bowls-gold-for-England.html}}</ref>

In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the [[Atlantic Bowls Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-11-25|title=2007 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503552743/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8d4aa913|title=Bowls |date=18 July 2007 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=20 May 2021|page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and in 2011 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-10-31|title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>

In 2018, she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating [[Rebecca Field (bowls)|Rebecca Field]] in the final<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsengland.247.tv/images/Womens_Two_Wood_Singles_FINAL.pdf|title=Results Portal - Two Wood|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref> and also finished runner-up to [[Sophie Tolchard]] in the [[List of Bowls England Women's National Championships|2018 National Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsengland.247.tv/images/Womens_Singles.pdf|title=Results Portal - Singles|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref>

In 2022, under the name of Amy Pharaoh she competed at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in the [[Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles|women's singles]] and the [[Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's pairs|women's pairs]] at the Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/56864|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=BE/> In the pairs with [[Sophie Tolchard]] she secured a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/ryan-krstic-claim-pairs-gold-with-dramatic-final-bowl-win/ |title=RYAN, KRSTIC CLAIM PAIRS GOLD WITH DRAMATIC EXTRA END WIN |date=6 August 2022 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Australia |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent England at the [[2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> She participated in the [[2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Pairs|women's pairs]] and the [[2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Women's Fours|women's fours]] events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> In the fours, her team won the gold medal defeating Australia in the final.

In 2024, Pharaoah was named in the team for the [[2024 European Bowls Championships]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/bowls-england-name-team-for-european-championships/ | title=Bowls England names team for European Championships |publisher=Bowls England | access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and won the gold medal in the singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guernseypress.com/sport/bowls/2024/09/11/a-podium-place-for-beere/ |title=A podium place for Beere |website=Guernsey Press |access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 14:59, 20 October 2024

For the British cyclist, see Amy Monkhouse (cyclist).

Amy Pharaoh
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 45)
Grimsby, England
Sport
ClubCleethorpes BC
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking14 (September 2024)[1]
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 place 2002 Manchester pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne triples
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi pairs
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham pairs
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Yarmouth Mixed pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ayr triples
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paphos fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 pairs
Gold medal – first place 2012 fours
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ayr singles

Amy Pharaoh (born 20 March 1979 in Grimsby), also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[2][3]

Personal life

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In August 2002, she married and became Amy Monkhouse.[4] She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall but then remarried in 2022 to become Amy Pharaoh.[3]

Career

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Gowshall won the National junior singles four times in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002. The first was at age 17.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[8][9] and in 2011 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Championships.[10]

In 2018, she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final[11] and also finished runner-up to Sophie Tolchard in the 2018 National Singles[12]

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.[13][3] In the pairs with Sophie Tolchard she secured a silver medal.[14]

In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[15] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[16][17] In the fours, her team won the gold medal defeating Australia in the final.

In 2024, Pharaoah was named in the team for the 2024 European Bowls Championships[18] and won the gold medal in the singles.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c "Amy Pharaoh". Bowls England. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ^ Woods, Jon (6 January 2003). "Bowls: Forrest clinches her place in semis". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Gowshall bowled over". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 2 December 1996. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Natalie Melmore wins singles bowls gold for England". The Daily Telegraph. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014.
  8. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Results Portal - Two Wood" (PDF). Bowls England.
  12. ^ "Results Portal - Singles" (PDF). Bowls England.
  13. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  14. ^ "RYAN, KRSTIC CLAIM PAIRS GOLD WITH DRAMATIC EXTRA END WIN". Commonwealth Games Australia. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  15. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  17. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Bowls England names team for European Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  19. ^ "A podium place for Beere". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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