Sport in Short: Bowls

WOOLWICH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Worthing): Singles: Fifth round: Section A: Canada (P Mutter) bt Norfolk Island (B Wilson) 25-21; England (T Allcock) bt Kenya (M Dugdale) 25-17; Wales (W Thomas) bt Guernsey (M Smith) 25-21; New Zealand (P Belliss) bt United States (F Souza) 25-19; Zambia (D Naysmith) bt Cook Islands (J Akarura) 25-18; Zimbabwe (M McCormick) bt Jersey (D LeMarquand) 25-12. Section B: Argentina (J Riveros) bt Singapore (C H Yoong) 25-12; Australia (R Parrella) bt Fiji (C Turagebeci) 25-18; South Africa (B Moseley) bt Hong Kong (M McMahon) 25-22; Ireland (S Adamson) bt Botswana (C Richardson) 25-7; Israel (J Rabkin) bt Thailand (S Sopon) 25-2; Scotland (R Corsie) bt India (P Bengani) 25-7. Sixth round: Section A: Wales bt Canada 25-21; England bt Japan (S Wedge) 25-4; United States bt Guernsey 25-24; New Zealand bt Jersey 25-24; Norfolk Island bt Swaziland (H Abrahams) 25-16; Zimbabwe bt Kenya 25-9. Section B: Australia bt India 25-10; Hong Kong bt Botswana 25-1; Ireland bt Fiji 25-10; Israel bt South Africa 25-12; Thailand bt Papua New Guinea 25-24; Scotland bt Namibia (I Crawford) 25-5. Fours: Fifth round: Section A: Australia bt Botswana 19-15; Guernsey (A Welch, K Mellor, P Ingrouille, M Nicolle) bt Canada 24-18; Fiji bt Singapore 25-12; Kenya bt Ireland (V Dallas, J McCloughlin, S Allen, E Parkinson) 24-17; South Africa bt Jersey (A Syvret, A Quemard, F Hambly, M Coutouly) 30-10; Zimbabwe bt Cook Islands 23-11. Section B: Hong Kong bt Swaziland 28-12; Israel bt India 28-14; New Zealand bt Argentina 37-14; Papua New Guinea bt Thailand

24-13; Scotland (G Robertson, A Blair, W Wood, A Marshall) bt United States 31-11; Namibia bt Zambia 23-16. Sixth round: Section A: Jersey bt Botswana

20-12; Canada bt Cook Islands 33-14; England (J Ottaway, R Cutts, A Thomson, J Bell) bt Kenya

32-18; Australia bt Fiji 22-18; Ireland bt Japan 50-4; Singapore bt Zimbabwe 19-12. Section B: Hong Kong bt United States 19-16; Israel bt Swaziland 22-11; New Zealand bt Norfolk Island 16-15; Papua New Guinea bt Namibia 23-10; Wales (R Weale, S Rees, J Price, S Wilshire) bt Argentina 31-6; Zambia bt India 23-17.