- Team Scotland bowler Mary Stevenson has died just two months after winning a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
- Stevenson won the Para Mixed Pairs B2-B3 alongside Robert Barr, Sarah Jane Ewing and Jim Aitken on home soil in Glasgow.
- She became the oldest female gold medallist in Scotland’s history, claiming victory weeks before her 74th birthday.
- Bowls Scotland released a statement on Facebook that read: “Only last weekend, she was back competing for Scotland and in great form. It is difficult to believe she is no longer with us.”
- Stevenson only started playing bowls in 2013 at the age of 61, and went on to achieve major success after being introduced to the Blind Bowlers when her eyesight deteriorated.
Scotland bowler Mary Stevenson dies two months after winning Commonwealth Games gold
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