When amateur golfer Robyn Fowlie suffered a brain bleed after a sledging accident, she feared her future in the game was at serious risk. The 22-year-old had been enjoying the snow when she crashed into a metal gate in Aberdeenshire earlier this year. She lost consciousness, and was later told she had suffered a bleed on the brain. In the weeks that followed, she struggled with her balance and mobility, as well as her memory. However, Robyn has battled back to fitness - and is taking part in the Scottish Women's Amateur Championships at Southerness Golf Club near Dumfries this weekend. She hopes one day to turn professional. The accident happened on 5 January, when the north east of Scotland was in the grip of heavy snow. Robyn, of Laurencekirk, and her sister decided to go sledging at nearby Fettercairn on Duncryne Hill, which is known as the Dumpling. "We go marching up the hill and then we go down twice together and it was so fun, it was brilliant," Robyn told BBC Scotland News. "I was like 'I'm going to go one more time'. "So off I go down the hill, my sledge flips around and I can't see where I'm going, the board just keeps going, and I hit the back of my head off a metal fiel
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When amateur golfer Robyn Fowlie suffered a brain bleed after a sledging accident, she feared her future in the game was at serious risk. The 22-year-old had been enjoying the snow when she crashed into a metal gate in Aberdeenshire…
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When amateur golfer Robyn Fowlie suffered a brain bleed after a sledging accident, she feared her future in the game was at serious risk. The 22-year-old had been enjoying the snow when she crashed into a metal gate in…
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When amateur golfer Robyn Fowlie suffered a brain bleed after a sledging accident, she feared her future in the game was at serious risk. The 22-year-old had been enjoying the snow when she crashed into a metal gate in Aberdeenshire…
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