# Amy Pharaoh

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{{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}}
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| name              = Amy Pharaoh
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| nationality       = British (English)
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1979|3|20|df=y}}
| birth_place       = Grimsby, England
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| 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](/source/bowls) }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Outdoor Championships](/source/World_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [2004 Leamington Spa](/source/2004_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [fours](/source/2004_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [2004 Leamington Spa](/source/2004_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [team](/source/2004_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalGold | [2023 Gold Coast](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [fours](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_%E2%80%93_Women's_Fours)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2023 Gold Coast](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [pairs](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_%E2%80%93_Women's_Pairs)}}
{{MedalSilver | [2023 Gold Coast](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [team](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games) }}
{{MedalBronze|[2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games)|[pairs](/source/Bowls_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2006 Melbourne](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games)|[triples](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [2010 Delhi](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games) | [pairs](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_pairs) }}
{{MedalSilver|[2022 Birmingham](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[pairs](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_pairs)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Indoor Championships](/source/World_Indoor_Bowls_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold | [2004 Yarmouth](/source/2004_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) |Mixed pairs }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Atlantic Bowls Championships](/source/Atlantic_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|2007 Ayr|triples}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|[British Isles Championships](/source/British_Isles_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|2012|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2012|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold | 2024 Ayr | singles }}
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'''Amy Pharaoh''' (born 20 March 1979 in [Grimsby](/source/Grimsby)), also known as '''Amy Gowshall''' and '''Amy Monkhouse''', is an English international [lawn and indoor bowler](/source/bowls).<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](/source/Bowls_England_National_Championships_(women's_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](/source/Bowls_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games) at the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) in Manchester.

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the [fours](/source/2004_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) with [Jayne Christie](/source/Jayne_Christie), [Jean Baker](/source/Jean_Baker_(bowls)) and [Ellen Falkner](/source/Ellen_Falkner) at the [2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/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](/source/The_Times)}}</ref>

She won a bronze medal at the [2006 Commonwealth Games](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games) before representing England at the [2010 Commonwealth Games](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games) where she won, with [Ellen Falkner](/source/Ellen_Falkner), a gold medal in the [woman's pairs competition](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_pairs).<ref name=Gold>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Natalie Melmore wins singles bowls gold for England |website=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Rebecca_Field_(bowls)) 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](/source/Sophie_Tolchard) in the [2018 National Singles](/source/List_of_Bowls_England_Women's_National_Championships)<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](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games) in the [women's singles](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles) and the [women's pairs](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_%E2%80%93_Women's_Pairs) and the [women's fours](/source/2023_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_%E2%80%93_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](/source/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](/source/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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Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:English female bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls World Champions
Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions
Category:Sportspeople from Grimsby
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls

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