David Gourlay

David Gourlay is a Scottish (and former Australian) international lawn & indoor bowler from the Prestwick Bowling Club and Crookston Bowling Club.[1] He is also a Commonwealth Games medal winning coach.

For his father, see David Gourlay Sr.
For the Australian Olympic gymnast, see David Gourlay (gymnast).
David Gourlay MBE
Personal information
Birth nameDavid Gourlay
Nickname(s)Goraz
Nationality Scotland  Australia
Born (1966-04-22) 22 April 1966
Glasgow
Sport
ClubPrestwick B.C (indoor)
Crookston (outdoor)
Medal record
Representing  Scotland &  Australia
World Indoor Bowls Championships
1996Men's singles
2000Men's pairs
2006Men's pairs
2007Men's pairs
2008Mixed pairs
2009Mixed pairs
2012Mixed pairs

Bowls career

Gourlay, a Glaswegian, first took up the game aged 11 following the success of his father David Gourlay Sr. at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and his mother Sarah Gourlay at the 1985 World Outdoor Championships.

He has won 15 World Bowls Tour Titles with the highlight being the World Indoor Singles title in 1996. He represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[2]

He is related to the Scottish footballers James Gourlay and Jimmy Gourlay.[3]

Occupation & coaching

Following a spell in Australia from 2005-2009 where Gourlay played and coached in the outdoor and indoor game, he returned to Scotland and set up a bowls retail outlet business http://www.davidgourlaybowls.co.uk Bowls Scotland appointed Gourlay as their new head coach for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.[4] After a successful 2014 Commonwealth Games where Scotland won four medals Gourlay stepped down as the head coach.[5]

He returned as head coach for the Scottish team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[6]

Achievements

Gourlay has won seven World Indoor Bowls titles -

Other achievements
  • Represented Scotland Commonwealth Games, Malaysia 1998.
  • Five times winner of the International Open - 1998, 2000, 2002, 2016, 2018
  • Twice winner of the Scottish International Open - 2002, 2017
  • winner of the Welsh International Open - 2012

References
  1. "David Gourlay". Worldbowlstour.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. "David Gourlay - Legacy 2014". Legacy2014.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. "More double trouble: the two James Gourlays of Cambuslang". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20150102020457/http://www.bowlsscotland.com/news/latest-news/105-bowls-scotland-appoints-david-gourlay-as-new-head-coach. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "BBC Sport - David Gourlay steps down as Bowls Scotland head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team Scotland.
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