2019 World Singles Champion of Champions: Aussie pair well-placed as finals loom
Lee Schraner and Kylie Whitehead remain at the top of their respective sections with only a handful of sectional games remaining before the weekend’s finals.
The 2019 World Singles Champion of Champions will be played in two sections in both men’s and women’s events.
The top of each section will go forward to the semi-finals, while the 2nd and 3rd placings in each section will be randomly drawn to play off for the remaining two places in the semi-finals.
The winner of Play-Off 1 will play the winner of Section 1 in Semi-Final 1. The winner of Play-Off 2 will play the winner of Section 2 in Semi-Final 2.
Bowls Australia (BA) will be live-streaming finals action from the 2019 World Singles Championships, from Saturday, November 2 to Sunday, November 3.
2019 World Singles Champion of Champions
October 28 – November 3
Adelaide Bowling Club, South Australia
Day 3:
Men –
Sec.1: Rd.7: Louis Ridout (ENG) bt Earl Luk (CAN) 8-6 13-3, Tony Cheung (HKC) bt Zoltan Pavelka (HUN) 13-4 11-5, Mark O’Hagan (SCO) bt Avala Savaiinaea (SAM) 13-7 14-3, Taylor Horn (NZL) bt Frank De Vries (NED) 16-3 11-4, Cabous Olivier (NAM) bt Ahmad Zikry (MAS) 9-8 6-5.
Rd.8: O’Hagan bt Ian Kenyon (ESP) 8-5 12-3, Ridout bt Clive McGreal (IOM) 7-8 11-7 7-0, Zikry bt Horn 5-9 11-3 5-0, Olivier bt Savaiinaea 20-1 10-4, Cheung bt De Vries 16-2 10-8, Luk bt Pavelka 14-2 12-10.
Current standings: Ridout 21 points 13 sets +75 shots; O’Hagan 18, 11, +64; Cheung 18, 11, +46; Olivier 15, 9, +43; Zikry 12, 7, +30; Luk 12, 7, +3; Horn 9, 7, +3, McGreal 6, 6, -14; Kenyon 6, 3, -30; De Vries 3, 6, -43; Savaiinaea 3, 2, -81; Pavelka 0, 1, -112.
Sec.2: Rd.7: Haydn Evans (NFI) bt Law Kwok Fai (SIN) 7-5 12-4, Todd Priaulx (GUE) bt Stephen Coleman (IRE) 9-5 10-8, Lee Schraner (AUS) bt Regent Reid (BOT) 12-6 13-2, Wayne Rittmuller (RSA) bt Hirokazi Mori (JPN) 17-6 9-3, Charlie Herbert (USA) bt Ozkan Akar (TUR) 8-4 8-9 3-0, Kevin James (WAL) bt Boaz Markus (ISR) 14-5 7-8 4-3.
Rd.8: Schraner bt Rajnesh Prasad (FIJ) 15-1 9-8, Herbert bt James 9-5 8-7, Kwok Fai bt Akar 11-7 6-4, Evans bt Mori 12-9 13-6, Priaulx bt Reid 13-3 11-4, Coleman bt Markus 6-11 9-5 3-1.
Current standings: Schraner 24 points, 13 sets, +61 shots; Coleman 18, 11, +19; Priaulx 15, 10, +48; Rittmuller 15, 10, +49; Herbert 15, 10, +34; Prasad 15, 8, -18; James 12, 6, +10; Evans 9, 8, +29; Markus 6, 7, -6; Akar 6, 4, -13; Mori 6, 3, -53; Kwok Fai 3, 4, -48; Reid 0, 0, -112.
Women –
Sec.1: Rd.5: Sophie Tolchard (ENG) bt Helen Cheung (HKC) 9-6 10-6, Shae Wilson (NFI) bt Janice Pilling (IOM) 11-5 13-2, Boikhutso Mooketsi (BOT) bt Bonnita Van Heerden (ZIM) 13-5 14-2, Tammy Tham (SIN) bt Diana Viljoen (NAM) 6-11 10-5 2-1.
Rd.6: Kylie Whitehead (AUS) bt Wilson 3-13 10-8 3-2, Pilling bt Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong (CAN) 8-6 6-13 5-2, Tolchard bt Viljoen 7-6 11-9, Cheung bt Van Heerden 5-8 13-6 5-0, Tham bt Mooketsi 12-4 9-7.
Rd.7: Tolchard bt Van Heerden 12-5 8-6, Whitehead bt Pilling 11-4 15-3; Mooketsi bt Viljoen 13-5 6-6; Tham bt Cheung 12-7 4-12 4-3.
Current standings: Whitehead 15 points, 10 sets, +62 shots; Tolchard 15, 9, -1; Wilson 12, 9, +64; Tham 12, 5, +16; Cheung 9, 5, +16; Viljoen 6, 5, -12; Pilling 6, 5, -38; Fitzpatrick-Wong 6, 4, -2; Mooketsi 6, 3, -15; Van Heerden 0, 1, -60.
Sec.2: Rd.5: Keiko Kurohara (JPN) bt Debbie White (NZL) 3-11 10-0 4-0, Esmé Kruger (RSA) bt Nur Fidrah Noh (MAS) 9-5 13-7, Mary Dyer (ESP) bt Sonia Bruce (PHI) 8-5 10-9, Sandy Wall (USA) bt Cristina Konig (ARG) 6-5 9-5.
Rd.6: Laura Welsh (SCO) bt Kurohara 17-4 8-4, Laura Daniels (WAL) bt Bruce 13-4 4-12 5-0, White bt Wall 11-6 17-2, Kruger bt Dyer 5-9 16-3 5-0.
Rd.7: Welsh bt Konig 15-2 8-7, Daniels bt Dyer 13-4 12-4, Fidrah Noh bt Bruce 7-6 11-6, Wall bt Kurohara 12-6 8-5.
Current standings: White 15 points, 8 sets, +25 shots; Welsh 15, 8, +37; Fidrah Noh 12, 8, +42; Daniels 12, 7, +39; Kruger 12, 7, +53; Dyer 6, 7, -8; Wall 6, 5, -34; Kurohara 6, 4, -29; Bruce 3, 3, -22; Konig 0, 0, -103.
Article Credit: Written by Domenic Favata – Bowls Australia.
