David Gourlay is a Scottish (and former Australian) international lawn & indoor bowler from the Prestwick Bowling Club and Crookston Bowling Club. He is also a Commonwealth Games medal winning coach.

Bowls career

Gourlay, a Glaswegian, first took up the game aged 11 following the success of his father David Gourlay Sr. at the

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and his mother Sarah Gourlay at the 1985 World Outdoor Championships. He has won 15 World Bowls Tour Titles with the highlight being the World Indoor Singles title in 1996. He represented Scotland at the

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. He is related to the Scottish footballers James Gourlay and Jimmy Gourlay.

Occupation & coaching

Following a spell in Australia from 2005-2009 where Gourlay played and coached in the outdoor and indoor game, he returned to Scotland and set up a bowls retail outlet business http://www.davidgourlaybowls.co.uk Bowls Scotland appointed Gourlay as their new head coach for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. After a successful

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where Scotland won four medals Gourlay stepped down as the head coach. He returned as head coach for the Scottish team for the 2018

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on the Gold Coast in

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In the

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, Gourlay was appointed

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(MBE) for services to bowls.

Achievements

Gourlay has won seven World Indoor Bowls titles - * 1996 World Indoor Men's Singles Champion * 2000 World Indoor Men's Pairs Champion with Alex Marshall * 2006 World Indoor Men's Pairs Champion with Billy Jackson * 2007 World Indoor Men's Pairs Champion with Billy Jackson * 2008 World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champion with

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* 2009 World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champion with

* 2012 World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champion with Debbie Stavrou

Other achievements

* Represented Scotland Commonwealth Games, Malaysia 1998. * Five times winner of the International Open - 1998, 2000, 2002, 2016, 2018 * Twice winner of the Scottish International Open - 2002, 2017 * Winner of the Welsh International Open - 2012

References

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