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Margaret Letham is from [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire]], in [[Scotland]] and started bowling at the age of 15 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1026894/margaret_letham.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Margaret Letham Profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> and has won medals at four [[World Bowls Events|World Outdoor Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/bowls/20638665|title=Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
Margaret Letham is from [[Hamilton, South Lanarkshire]], in [[Scotland]] and started bowling at the age of 15 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1026894/margaret_letham.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Margaret Letham Profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> and has won medals at four [[World Bowls Events|World Outdoor Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/bowls/20638665|title=Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>


===Commonwealth Games===
She won gold medal at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia and had competed in five consecutive [[Commonwealth Games]] for Scotland from 1998 until 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48995|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
She won gold medal at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia and had competed in five consecutive [[Commonwealth Games]] for Scotland from 1998 until 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48995|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>


===Atlantic Championships===
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In 2005 she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the [[Atlantic Bowls Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111132351/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html|title=2005 Atlantic Rim Games|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> In 2007 she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|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> In 2009 she won her second pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2009 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503964873/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=284753c0|title=Bowls |date=18 May 2009 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=21 May 2021|page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and in 2011 she won her third pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
In 1999 she won the singles slver medal and pairs gold medal at the [[Atlantic Bowls Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500931282/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=8481946c|title='Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)|date=29 March 1999 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=31 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500930383/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d7e584c0|title='For the Record' (1999)|date=25 March 1999 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=53 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>


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Six years later in 2005, she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111132351/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html|title=2005 Atlantic Rim Games|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref> and in 2007 she a second pairs gold medal at the Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|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> In 2009 she won her third pairs gold medal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2009 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503964873/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=284753c0|title=Bowls |date=18 May 2009 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=21 May 2021|page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> before winning a fourth pairs gold medal (and seventh medal in total at the 2011 Championships in Paphos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>

===National===
Letham has won the [[Scottish National Bowls Championships]] singles title on two occasions in 1999 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/competitions/national-competitions/national-championships/second-stage-draws|title=Second stage results|publisher=Bowls Scotland}}</ref>
Letham has won the [[Scottish National Bowls Championships]] singles title on two occasions in 1999 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/competitions/national-competitions/national-championships/second-stage-draws|title=Second stage results|publisher=Bowls Scotland}}</ref>


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Margaret Letham
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born (1956-06-21) 21 June 1956 (age 68)
Sport
SportBowls
ClubBurbank Hamilton BC
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Women's bowls
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Moama Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Leamington Singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Adelaide Fours
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Adelaide Pairs
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Pairs
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Cape Town singles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Cape Town pairs
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bangor pairs
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bangor fours
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ayr pairs
Gold medal – first place 2009 Johannesburg pairs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paphos pairs

Margaret Elizabeth Letham (born 21 June 1956) is a female lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Margaret Letham is from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland and started bowling at the age of 15 [1] and has won medals at four World Outdoor Championships.[2]

Commonwealth Games

She won gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and had competed in five consecutive Commonwealth Games for Scotland from 1998 until 2014.[3]

Atlantic Championships

In 1999 she won the singles slver medal and pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5]

Six years later in 2005, she won the pairs and fours silver medals at the Championships[6] and in 2007 she a second pairs gold medal at the Championships.[7][8] In 2009 she won her third pairs gold medal[9][10] before winning a fourth pairs gold medal (and seventh medal in total at the 2011 Championships in Paphos.[11]

National

Letham has won the Scottish National Bowls Championships singles title on two occasions in 1999 and 2019.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Margaret Letham Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ "2009 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 May 2009. p. 61. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Second stage results". Bowls Scotland.
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