{{Short description|Scottish bowls player (1945–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Betty Forsyth | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Elizabeth Leishman Forsyth | nickname = | nationality = British (Scottish) | citizenship = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|4|6|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age |df=yes|2021|5||1945|4|6}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/obituary-betty-forsyth-who-led-by-example/|title=Obituary: Betty Forsyth, Who Led By Example|publisher=Bowls International|access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | website = | country = | sport = Lawn bowls | event = | league = | league_type = | employer = | agent = | height = | weight = | universityteam = | club = Blantyre BC | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | coaching = | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's lawn bowls }} {{MedalCountry | {{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Leamington Spa | Women's Team }} {{MedalSilver | 2000 Moama | Women's Fours }} {{MedalBronze | 2000 Moama | Women's Team }} {{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze | 1994 Victoria | Women's Fours }} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|1995 Durban|fours}} {{MedalSilver|2005 Bangor|fours}} }}
'''Elizabeth Leishman Forsyth''' (6 April 1945 – May 2021) was a Scottish international female lawn and indoor bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12176814.Internationalist_Forsyth_bows_out_at_first_hurdle_bowls/|title=Internationalist Forsyth bows out at first hurdle bowls|publisher=Herald Scotland}}</ref>
==Bowls career== Forsyth represented Scotland in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and won a bronze medal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sporting-digest-bowls-1468699.html|title=Sporting Digest: Bowls|work=The Independent}}</ref> the 1998 Commonwealth Games, 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
She also won a fours silver medal at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Moama, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/Portals/9/Past%20results/World%20Championships-past%20results.pdf|title=World Bowls Championships|publisher=worldbowls.com|access-date=2018-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224133114/http://www.worldbowls.com/Portals/9/Past%20results/World%20Championships-past%20results.pdf|archive-date=2015-02-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1995 she won the fours gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503392012/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=9b165530|title=Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'|date=24 April 1995|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=21|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503393918/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=f061afde|title='For the Record' (1995)|date=1 May 1995|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=32|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> and ten years later won the fours silver medal at the Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html|title=2005 Atlantic Rim Games|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111132351/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=2006-01-11}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|109123}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forsyth, Betty}} Category:1945 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Scottish female bowls players Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls European Champions Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:20th-century Scottish sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls