Beth Riva (born 2003) is a Scottish bowls player who won the World Championship mixed pairs in 2025.[3] She reached a career high ranking of world number 27 in March 2025.[4]
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2003[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Indoor and lawn Bowls | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 27 (March 2025)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editIn 2022 after being capped as an under-25 Scottish International, Riva was chosen by Team Scotland's Achieve programme to travel to the 2022 Commonwealth Games as part of the Team Scotland experience.[5]
Riva teamed up with Jason Banks to win the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs title.[1] In the first round the pair defeated Robert Paxton and Lucy Smith in straight sets before winning their semi-final match against Les Gillett and Nicole Rogers again in straight sets.[6][7] Riva and Banks then won the final against tournament favourites Paul Foster and Katherine Rednall without dropping a set. Riva was studying law at Edinburgh Napier University at the time.[1] She was also runner-up in the ladies' singles, defeating Chelsea Spencer in the semifinals,[8] before losing the final to Julie Forrest.[9][10]
Family
editHer uncle is six-times world indoor singles champion Alex Marshall.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Beth Riva wins mixed pairs title at World Indoor Bowls Championships". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "Riva and Banks hailed as 'future of bowls' after world mixed title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "2022 Achieve: Beth Riva". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Scottish bowlers one match from becoming bowls world champions". The National Scot. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Gifford's Beth Riva one match from becoming bowls world champion". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ↑ "Chelsea Spencer from Spalding is beaten by Beth Riva at the World Indoor Bowls Championship". Lincs Online. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Beth Riva runner-up at World Indoor Bowls Championship". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Forrest clinches World Indoor Bowls singles title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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