Sport in Short: Bowls

WOOLWICH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Worthing): Pairs, third round (Section A): Australia bt Japan 49-5; Botswana bt Kenya 24-11; Fiji bt India 29-10; Hong Kong bt Cook Islands 29-23; New Zealand drew with United States 20-20; Wales (R Weale and W Thomas) bt Jersey (D Le Marquand and M Coutouly) 23-12. Fourth round: Australia bt Cook Islands 23-18; Botswana bt Japan 33-8; Hong Kong bt India 24-18; New Zealand bt Guernsey (A Welch and M Nicolle) 24-18; Scotland (R Corsie and A Marshall) bt Jersey 25-23; USA bt Wales 27-18. (Section B) Third round: Swaziland bt Canada 20-17; England (J Ottaway and T Allcock) bt Zambia 28-13; Ireland (S Adamson and S Allen) bt Norfolk Island 22-15; Israel bt Singapore 38-13; South Africa bt Papua New Guinea 23-10; Zimbabwe bt Thailand 22-14. Fourth round: Canada bt Zambia 16-14; England bt Argentina 25-12; Ireland bt South Africa 17-14; Israel bt Swaziland 28-18; Namibia bt Thailand

34-9; Papua New Guinea bt Singapore 19-16; Zimbabwe bt Norfolk Islands 35-5.

Triples, Third round (Section A): Australia bt United States 21-9; England (R Cutts; A Thomson and J Bell) bt Zimbabwe 23-8; Fiji bt Japan 19-12; Hong Kong bt Guernsey (M Smith; K Mellor and P Ingrouille) 25-10; New Zealand bt Botswana

20-14; South Africa bt Namibia 26-10; Swaziland bt Thailand 30-7. Fourth round: Australia bt Zimbabwe 26-13; England bt Botswana 23-12; Fiji bt Thailand 25-12; Hong Kong bt Japan 30-4; South Africa bt USA 33-4; Swaziland bt Namibia 19-15. (Section B) Third round: Ireland (V Dallas; J McCloughlin and E Parkinson) bt Norfolk Island 28-13; Israel bt India 27-6; Cook Islands bt Jersey (A Syvret; A Quemard and T Mallet) 16-13; Canada bt Scotland (G Robertson; W Wood and A Blair) 19-12; Wales (S Rees; J Price and S Wilshire) bt Argentina 23-7; Singapore bt Zambia 14-13. Fourth round: Ireland bt Singapore 24-13; Israel bt Norfolk Islands 20-14; Canada bt Papua New Guinea 22-11; Scoland bt Kenya 18-11; Wales bt India 22-13; Zambia bt Cook Islands 20-18.