A DUNFERMLINE lawn bowls star will set her sights on more medal glory after being included in a Scotland squad going to a global competition.

Sarah Jane Ewing, who is an indoor member at Headwell Bowling Club, and an outdoor member at Abbeyview, will travel to Australia’s Gold Coast this summer to represent Bowls Scotland at the 2023 World Bowls Championships.

The event, which will take place between August 29 and September 10, will see the Scots travel with a full compliment of 18 players – all-but five of which are debutants – across the men’s, women’s and para bowls disciplines.

It is the first time that the World Bowls Championships have been held since 2016, and Sarah Jane, who memorably won a gold medal in her role as a director in last summer’s Commonwealth Games, will assume the role once more Down Under.

In Birmingham, she supported Robert Barr in the B2 / B3 classification mixed pairs, for players with a visual impairment, as they teamed up with Melanie Inness and her director, George Miller.

Memorably, they swept all before them aside throughout the pool stage on their way to the final, which was reached thanks to a victory over England.

Wales, who had denied the Scots a bronze medal at the 2018 Games, which were held on Gold Coast, were then defeated 16-9 to give the quartet the title of Commonwealth champions.

Sarah Jane, who starred alongside Abbeyview’s Sophie McGrouther, Lynn Lees and Kara Lees last year to help Scotland win the women’s 2022 British Isles Indoor Bowls Council International Series, will now aim to help Scotland to glory once more.

Bob Christie, Bowls Scotland’s para head coach, said: “This is a great opportunity for our players to prove their worth and perform at the first inclusive World Bowls Championships.

“The talented squad of players within the High Performance programme made the selection very difficult as they pushed everyone during the training days to be the ones on the flight to Australia.

“It will be another learning curve for those selected in their careers. We, as coaches, are confident that the players will deliver consistent performances on the world stage, and reach the highest level that we know they are capable of.”

A total of 47 nations are expected to compete at the competition.