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

Amy Pharaoh
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 45)
Sport
ClubCleethorpes BC
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Representing  England
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 Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Leamington Spa fours
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

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]

References

  1. ^ THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c "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.
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