Julie Forrest
{{Short description|Scottish lawn and indoor bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| nationality = British (Scottish)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|3|df=y}}
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| sport = Indoor Bowls, Lawn Bowls
| club = Hawick BC
| highestranking = 2 (March 2025){{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=20 October 2024}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's Bowls}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2000 Johannesburg | fours}}
{{MedalBronze | 1996 Adelaide | Taylor Trophy}}
{{MedalBronze | 2000 Johannesburg | Taylor Trophy}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Yarmouth | singles}}
{{MedalGold | 2020 Yarmouth | singles}}
{{MedalGold | 2021 Yarmouth | mixed pairs}}
{{MedalGold | 2024 Yarmouth | mixed pairs}}
{{MedalGold | 2025 Yarmouth | singles}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Cup Singles}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Warilla | Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1998|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|WB Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Bristol |singles }}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Warilla |singles }}
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Julie Forrest (born 3 November 1968) is a Scottish bowls player.{{cite web | url=http://www.henselite.co.uk/team/julie-forrest | title=JULIE FORREST | publisher=Henselite | accessdate=24 November 2015}} She reached a career high ranking of world number 2 in March 2025.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}
Bowls career
= Outdoors =
Julie has won three World Outdoor medals, a silver medal in the fours at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg and two bronze medals as part of the Scottish team that competed in the Taylor Trophy. She also competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www.bowlsscotland.com/news/latest-news/853-bowls-scotland-announce-team-selection-for-2016-world-championships | title=Bowls Scotland announce Team Selection for 2016 World Championships | publisher=Bowls Scotland | accessdate=27 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110225457/http://bowlsscotland.com/news/latest-news/853-bowls-scotland-announce-team-selection-for-2016-world-championships | archive-date=10 January 2017 | url-status=dead }}
She was selected to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 1998{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games-margaret-johnston-bowls-the-mistress-of-the-end-game-1173513.html | title=Commonwealth Games: Margaret Johnston: Bowls: The mistress of the end-game | newspaper=Independent | date=22 August 1998 | accessdate=17 January 2016}} and also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title in 1988 and triples title in 1997 bowling for Hawick.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners|publisher=Bowls Scotland|access-date=21 April 2021|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404184426/https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners|url-status=dead}}
= Indoors =
Most of her success has come indoors with her most significant wins being the three WBT women's singles titles and two WB women's singles titles.
Forrest competed in the 2015 World Cup Singles, where she won a silver medal after losing out to Siti Zalina Ahmad in the final, the event is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the World Indoor title.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/2015/04/23/nunc-tincidunt-elit-non-cursus/|title=2015 World Cup Singles Warilla Bowls Club, NSW, Australia, Day 9, Results|publisher=World Bowls}}{{cite web | url=http://www.worldbowls.com/2015/04/23/thriller-at-warilla/ | title=Thriller at Warilla | publisher=World Bowls | date=23 April 2015 | accessdate=28 November 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.henselite.com.au/news/team-henselite/another-medal-on-world-stage-for-david-holt | title=ANOTHER MEDAL ON WORLD STAGE FOR DAVID HOLT | publisher=Henselite | date=28 April 2015 | accessdate=28 November 2015}} The following year, Forrest finished runner-up at the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship in the mixed pairs,{{cite web | url=http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/sport/local-sport/bowls-forrest-falls-at-final-hurdle-1-4006147 | title=Bowls: Forrest falls at final hurdle | publisher=Hawick News | date=20 January 2016 | accessdate=21 January 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/alex-marshall-and-partner-outgunned-in-mixed-pairs-final-1-4005565 | title=Alex Marshall and partner outgunned in Mixed Pairs final | publisher=Edinburgh Evening News | date=20 January 2015 | accessdate=21 January 2016}}
At the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship she defeated Alison Merrien in the final{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/46992892|title=World Indoor Bowls: Julie Forrest wins first ladies' singles title|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/scotlands-julie-forrest-is-the-new-just-2019-ladies-world-indoor-champion/|title=SCOTLAND'S JULIE FORREST IS THE NEW 'JUST' 2019 LADIES WORLD INDOOR SINGLES CHAMPION|publisher=World Bowls}} and at the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship, she defeated Janice Gower in teh final.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/forrest-is-the-just-2020-ladies-matchplay-world-champion/|title=FORREST IS THE 'JUST' 2020 LADIES MATCHPLAY WORLD CHAMPION|publisher=World Bowls Tour}}
Forrest went on to win her third World indoor title by winning the mixed pairs with Stewart Anderson at the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/19022929.julie-forrest-borders-bowler-wins-world-championships-title/|title=Julie Forrest: Borders bowler wins world championships title |website=Peebleshire News |date=19 January 2021 | access-date=19 January 2021}}
She has won seven IIBC indoor titles, including a record four ladies singles titles (2004, 2010, 2013, 2014) and three mixed pairs titles (2002, 2003, 2013).{{cite web | url=http://www.wibc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=59 | title=WIBC PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND FINALISTS | publisher=WIBC | accessdate=29 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328074116/http://wibc.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=59 | archive-date=28 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/other-sports/forrest-makes-history-as-she-retains-world-title-1-3379316 | title=Forrest makes history as she retains world title | publisher=Southern Reporter | date=18 April 2014 | accessdate=28 November 2015 | archive-date=8 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143841/http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/sport/other-sports/forrest-makes-history-as-she-retains-world-title-1-3379316 | url-status=dead }} Forrest also won the last three editions of the WBT Scottish Women's Masters.{{cite web | url=http://www.horizonsolutions.tv/results/bowlstats/wbowlsFinals.php | title=WBT Finals 2001-2014 | publisher=Horizon Solution | accessdate=28 November 2015}} She is also a record six-time Scottish indoor champion and a three-time British Isles indoor champion in singles competition.
In 2022, Forrest won the women's singles at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, defeating Gloria Ha in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.bcmagazine.net/2022/04/30/gloria-ha-wins-silver-medal-at-world-bowls-indoor-championships/|title=Gloria Ha Wins Silver Medal at World Bowls Indoor Championships|date=30 April 2022 |publisher=BC Magazine|access-date=5 May 2022}} The following year she retained the title after beating Katelyn Inch in Warilla, Australia.
Forrest started 2024 in good form winning the 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs with Nick Brett, as the pair bowled together for the first time in the Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/brilliant-brett-wins-his-seventh-world-indoor-gold-medal-4480651 |title=Brilliant Brett wins his seventh World Indoor Gold medal |website=Peterborough Today |access-date=17 January 2024}}
At the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship, she won her third ladies' singles title, defeating Beth Riva in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/articles/c79dqn44ezwo|title=Forrest clinches World Indoor Bowls singles title|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=23 January 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/sport/24880133.beth-riva-runner-up-world-indoor-bowls-championship/|title=Beth Riva runner-up at World Indoor Bowls Championship|publisher=East Lothian Courier|accessdate=23 January 2025}}
Awards
Forrest is a member of the Teviotdale Indoor Bowls Club in the Scottish Borders. She is also an Honorary Life Member of the Scottish Indoor Bowling Association (SIBA).{{cite web | url=http://www.bowls-siba.co.uk/about-us/lifemembers | title=HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS | publisher=SIBA | accessdate=28 November 2015}} Forrest has been playing with Tiger Bowls since 2003. She was inducted into the Scottish Borders Hall of Fame in 2007.{{cite web | url=http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/sport/julie-and-hugh-enter-hall-of-fame-1-170524 | title=Julie and Hugh enter Hall of Fame | publisher=Hawick News | date=22 November 2007 | accessdate=30 October 2016}}
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