Linda first began competing in archery in 1991. Over a five-year period, Linda won five gold medals at the annual North American Field Archery Championships and the Canadian Field Archery Championships in the Freestyle Limited Class.

In 1996, she attended her first World Games in Washington State and won her first World Field Archery Championship in the Freestyle Limited Class, setting two world records. Two years later, in New Zealand, Linda repeated her gold win and again set another world record.

In 1999, she won the Provincial Field Archery Championship, the Canadian Field Archery Championship, and the North American Field Archery Championship. One of her greatest accomplishments to that time was winning the US Nationals Field Archery Championship.

In 1999, Linda switched from a compound bow to a recurve bow and to her credit achieved the third ranking in Canada. She also served on a committee for junior development.