Amy Pharaoh (born 20 March 1979 in

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), also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse, is an English international lawn and indoor bowler. She reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in September 2024.

Personal life

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

Career

Gowshall won the National junior singles four times in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002. The first was at age 17. Gowshall won a bronze medal in the Women's pairs at the

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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. She won a bronze medal at the

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before representing England at the

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where she won, with Ellen Falkner, a gold medal in the woman's pairs competition. In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the

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and in 2011 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Championships. In 2018, she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating

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in the final and also finished runner-up to Sophie Tolchard in the 2018 National Singles In 2022, under the name of Amy Pharaoh she competed at the

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in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the Games. In the pairs with Sophie Tolchard she secured a silver medal. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent England at the

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. She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. 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 and won the gold medal in the singles.

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