JULIE Forrest is a two-time world indoor champion bowler who hails from Scotland.

And she or he’s at it once more — Julie knocked out favorite and six-time winner Katherine Rendall in spherical one of many World Indoor Bowls Championships 2025.

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Who’s World Indoor Bowls Championship participant Julie Forrest?

Julie Forrest is a Scottish skilled bowls participant, collaborating in each the indoor and out of doors disciplines of the game.

She is a member of what was previously the Teviotdale Indoor Bowls Membership within the Scottish Borders.

Julie grew to become a member of the membership shortly after it opened in 1986, occurring to win the membership championship 14 instances.

In 2022, the area was renamed in honour of their a number of world champion participant — it’s now the Julie Forrest Stadium.

She advised the BBC: “That is surreal. This place has been my second house for therefore lengthy.”

And on staying on the high of her recreation, she added: “I wish to end on the high and that may probably be within the subsequent couple of years.

“I do not wish to be a kind of gamers that slowly slides down the rankings.

“One factor is for positive, I’ll hold taking part in bowls right here on the Julie Forrest Stadium for so long as I can.”

Julie can be an Honorary Life Member of the Scottish Indoor Bowling Affiliation (SIBA).

She has been taking part in with Tiger Bowls since 2003.

In 2007, she was inducted into the Scottish Borders Corridor of Fame.

What has Julie Forrest received?

Julie’s largest have been her two girls’s singles titles on the World Indoor Bowls Championships in 2019 and 2020.

Earlier than she took house the primary of these titles, she opened up about how successful the Worlds could be the “pinnacle” of her profession.

One factor is for positive, I’ll hold taking part in bowls right here on the Julie Forrest Stadium for so long as I can

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She stated: “It’s important to dig deep… If I win the ultimate it will likely be the head of my profession.

“It is the very last thing in girls indoor bowls I can win, I’ve received every little thing else you may win — this solely factor I haven’t received and I am actually wanting ahead to it.”

In 2016, she additionally completed runner-up on the World Indoor Bowls Championship within the combined pairs.

She received her third World indoor title with Steward Anderson in 2021.

Julie has received seven IIBC indoor titles, together with a file 4 girls’ singles titles (2004, 2010, 2013, 2014) and three combined pairs titles (2002, 2003, 2013).

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She received the final three editions of the WBT Scottish Ladies’s Masters and is a file six-time Scottish indoor champion.

Julie is also a three-time British Isles indoor champion in singles competitors.

In 2022, Julie received the ladies’s singles on the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships.

The next yr she retained the title after beating Katelyn Inch in Warilla, Australia.

When did the World Indoor Bowls Championships 2025 begin?

The principle draw of the World Indoor Bowls Championships 2025 bought underway on Saturday, January 11.

It’s being staged on the Potters Resorts Hopton-on-Sea in Nice Yarmouth, Norfolk.

That is formally the twenty sixth yr the World Indoor Bowls Championships have taken place.