1979 World Indoor Bowls Championship

World Indoor Championships 1979
1st World Indoor Bowls Championships
LocationScotland Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Date(s)10 January - 14 January 1979.
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
1980 →

The 1979 W.D. & H.O. Wills World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 10 to 14 January 1979.[1][2][3]

The championship was a men's singles event in which David Bryant won his first title defeating Jim Donnelly 21-14 after a final that lasted 23 ends.[4] The event was organised by the Monklands District Council with two round robin groups of five players. It was sponsored by tobacco industrialists W.D. & H.O. Wills.[1]

Draw and results

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Group stages

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Section A

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Player 1 Player 2 Score
Bryant Farrell 21-13
Bryant Bungey 21-13
Bryant Dunton 21-15
Bryant Donnelly 21-18
Donnelly Farrell 21-9
Donnelly Bungey 21-14
Donnelly Dunton 21-18
Bungey Dunton 21-19
Bungey Farrell 21-6
Dunton Farrell 21-15

Section B

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  • Wales Gwyn Evans P4 W4
  • Scotland Jim Blake P4 W2
  • Hong Kong Eric Liddell P4 W2
  • Canada Bruce Matheson P4 W2
  • New Zealand George Alley P4 W0
Player 1 Player 2 Score
Evans Blake 21-13
Evans Liddell 21-16
Evans Matheson 21-17
Evans Alley 21-8
Liddell Blake 21-18
Blake Matheson 21-11
Blake Alley 21-4
Matheson Liddell 21-11
Liddell Alley 21-16
Matheson Alley 21-15

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
 
 
 
England David Bryant21
 
 
 
Scotland Jim Blake 17
 
England David Bryant21
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Jim Donnelly 14
 
Northern Ireland Jim Donnelly 21
 
 
Wales Gwyn Evans 15
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Scotland Jim Blake 10
 
 
Wales Gwyn Evans 9

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Google news archives". Glasgow Herald.
  2. ^ "Scot gets off to flying start". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 11 January 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Setback for Blake's bid". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 12 January 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "David Bryant CBE". Somerset Bowls.
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