{{Short description|British lawn bowler (born 1979)}} {{for|the British cyclist|Amy Monkhouse (cyclist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Amy Pharaoh | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Grimsby, England | death_date = | death_place = | club = Cleethorpes BC | highestranking = '''12''' (June 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's lawn bowls }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2004 Leamington Spa | fours }} {{MedalGold | 2004 Leamington Spa | team }} {{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast | fours}} {{MedalBronze | 2023 Gold Coast | pairs}} {{MedalSilver | 2023 Gold Coast | team}} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze|2002 Manchester|pairs}} {{MedalBronze|2006 Melbourne|triples}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Delhi | pairs }} {{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|pairs}} {{MedalCompetition | World Indoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2004 Yarmouth |Mixed pairs }} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2007 Ayr|triples}} {{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|fours}} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012|pairs}} {{MedalGold|2012|fours}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2024 Ayr | singles }} }}
'''Amy Pharaoh''' (born 20 March 1979 in Grimsby), also known as '''Amy Gowshall''' and '''Amy Monkhouse''', is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>[http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/09/28/manual_172154.html THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025092904/http://www.sportinglife.com/commonwealth2010/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/10/09/28/manual_172154.html |date=2011-10-25 }}</ref><ref name=BE>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/amy-pharaoh/|title=Amy Pharaoh|publisher=Bowls England|access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> She reached a career high ranking of world number 12 in June 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}</ref>
== Personal life == In August 2002, she married and became Amy Monkhouse.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/bowls/2393944/Bowls-Forrest-clinches-her-place-in-semis.html|title=Bowls: Forrest clinches her place in semis|date=6 January 2003|first=Jon|last=Woods|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=India|access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref> She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall but then remarried in 2022 to become Amy Pharaoh.<ref name=BE/>
== Career == Gowshall won the National junior singles four times in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002. The first was at age 17.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001121/19961202/033/0033 |title=Gowshall bowled over |work=Grimsby Daily Telegraph |date=2 December 1996 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF502885718&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004|work=The Times}}</ref>
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.<ref name=Gold>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Natalie Melmore wins singles bowls gold for England |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827033236/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8061774/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Natalie-Melmore-wins-singles-bowls-gold-for-England.html |archive-date=27 August 2014 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8061774/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Natalie-Melmore-wins-singles-bowls-gold-for-England.html}}</ref>
In 2007 she won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035718/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-11-25|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> and in 2011 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-10-31|title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2018, she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsengland.247.tv/images/Womens_Two_Wood_Singles_FINAL.pdf|title=Results Portal - Two Wood|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref> and also finished runner-up to Sophie Tolchard in the 2018 National Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsengland.247.tv/images/Womens_Singles.pdf|title=Results Portal - Singles|publisher=Bowls England}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/56864|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=BE/> In the pairs with Sophie Tolchard she secured a silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/ryan-krstic-claim-pairs-gold-with-dramatic-final-bowl-win/ |title=RYAN, KRSTIC CLAIM PAIRS GOLD WITH DRAMATIC EXTRA END WIN |date=6 August 2022 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Australia |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/bowls-england-name-team-for-european-championships/ | title=Bowls England names team for European Championships |publisher=Bowls England | access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref> and won the gold medal in the singles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guernseypress.com/sport/bowls/2024/09/11/a-podium-place-for-beere/ |title=A podium place for Beere |website=Guernsey Press |access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
Pharaoah won her 14th and 15th national outdoor tites in the pairs and triples respectively at the 2025 Bowls England National Finals.
=== National titles === *1996 junior singles *1998 CofC singles *1999 CofC singles *1999 junior singles *2001 junior singles *2002 junior singles *2011 pairs *2011 fours *2011 mixed pairs *2012 CofC singles *2013 CofC singles *2018 CofC singles *2018 2w singles *2025 pairs *2025 triples
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Team England|amy-pharaoh|Amy Pharaoh}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56864|Amy Pharaoh}} * {{CGF profile|name=Amy Gowshall}} (2002)
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