{"id":610123,"date":"2026-09-24T09:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/610123\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:12:10","slug":"gamer-granny-named-oldest-female-fortnite-streamer-in-world-record-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/610123\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamer granny named oldest female Fortnite streamer in world record book"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 78-year-old Scottish grandmother has been named the world’s oldest female Fortnite streamer by Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n

Cath Bowie, from Moray, began playing the online shooter in 2017 and now has an audience of around 24,000 followers.<\/p>\n

She was introduced to the game by her grandson, who was 17 at the time, and says nobody is “ever too old to start gaming”.<\/p>\n

Known on Fortnite her username grumpygran1948, Cath features in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2027.<\/p>\n

Fortnite is one of the most popular video games in the world, putting up to 100 players against each other in a fight to be the last one standing.<\/p>\n

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Cath said: “I love the community. I love talking to people. I chat all the time, and I just love the whole atmosphere.<\/p>\n

“I love the challenge that it gives me, and I’m afraid I play it every day.”<\/p>\n

Cath had tried video games before, but none fully sparked her interest until she discovered Fortnite.<\/p>\n

She then bought her own console, but her grandson doubted she would grow a following as a streamer.<\/p>\n

She said: “As a young guy, he just couldn’t believe that his grandma would do such a thing and suggested that nobody would join me or watch me.<\/p>\n

“Saying that was like a red rag to a bull to me. I would show him that I could do it.<\/p>\n

“Twenty four thousand followers later and he doesn’t mention it. I wonder why?”<\/p>\n

Alice Bell, editor of Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2027, said: “At Guinness World Records we believe gaming is for everyone.<\/p>\n

“This edition showcases gamers of different generations and cultures from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 78-year-old Scottish grandmother has been named the world’s oldest female Fortnite streamer by Guinness World Records. Cath…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[300376,67628,54286,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-610123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-cath-bowie","tag-fortnite","tag-guinness-world-records","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}