Beth Riva
Beth Riva is a Scottish bowls player who won the World Championship mixed pairs in 2025. She reached a career high ranking of world number 27 in March 2025.
Bowls career
In 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.Riva teamed up with Jason Banks to win the 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship mixed pairs title. 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. 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. She was also runner-up in the ladies' singles, defeating Chelsea Spencer in the semifinals, before losing the final to Julie Forrest.