{{Short description|Scottish lawn bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Frances Whyte | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = 22 September 1930<ref name=AEE>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19900124/373/0016 |title=The glory hunters |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=24 January 1990 |p=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Lawn and indoor bowls | club = Priorscroft BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1985 Melbourne | fours }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Ayr | triples }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Ayr | fours }} {{MedalGold | 1992 Ayr | team }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold| 1994 Victoria| pairs }} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|1993 Florida|fours}} {{MedalGold|1995 Durban|fours}} }}
'''Janet "Frances" M. Whyte''' (born 22 September 1933) is a former international lawn and indoor bowler from Scotland who won world championship golds and competed at three Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}</ref>
== Biography == Whyte won a gold medal in the fours at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. Seven years later she won two more golds in both the triples and the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.<ref name=bowlstawa>{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2549|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}</ref>
She also competed at the Commonwealth Games in bowls events at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Results from the Commonwealth Games Yesterday |url=https://newspapers.com/image/801274203/ |access-date=3 November 2023 |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |issue=28 July 1986}}</ref>
Whyte represented the Scottish team<ref name=AEE/> at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand,<ref>{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|pages=39-46|year=1990|publisher=Pan Books Ltd|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/56/all |title=Scotland Auckland 1990 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref> where she competed in the pairs event, with Sarah Gourlay.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19900202/365/0020 |title=Bruces's golden shot |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=2 February 1990 |p=1 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref>
In 1993 she won the fours gold medal at the inaugural Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503369651/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=53c04381|title='Shaw strikes gold'|date=25 October 1993|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=28|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/IF0500635684/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7805d2c8|title='Guernsey finally falter|date=1 November 1993|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>
A third Commonwealth Games appearance ensued in the bowl events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games..<ref name=bowlstawa />
One year later she repeated the Atlantic Bowls success winning the fours gold again in Durban.<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>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whyte, Frances}} Category:Scottish female bowls players Category:Living people Category:Bowls World Champions Category:1930 births Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls