Sport in Short: Bowls

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Worthing) Singles: 15th round: Section A: Canada (P Mutter) bt Swaziland (H Abrahams) 25-11; Zimbabwe (M McCormick) bt England (A Allcock) 25-20; Cook Islands (J Akaruru) bt Japan (S Wedge) 25-16; Jersey (D Le Marquand) bt Kenya (M Dugdale) 25-10; New Zealand (P Belliss) bt Guernsey (M Smith) 25-10); Wales (W Thomas) bt United States (S Sousa)

25-17. Section B: Fiji (C Turagebeci) bt India (P Bengani) 25-13; Hong Kong ( M McMahon) bt Ireland (S Adamson) 25-22; Israel (J Rabkin) bt Papua New Guinea (R Wild) 25-8; Namimbia (I Crawford) bt Singapore (C H Yoong) 25-6; Scotland (R Corsie) bt Australia (R Parrella) 25-20; South Africa (B Moseley) bt Botswana (C Richardson) 25-23. Final: England bt Scotland 25-20. Play-offs: Third place: Israel bt Wales 25-24. 5th/6th: Zimbabwe bt South Africa 25-18. 7th/8th: New Zealand bt Hong Kong 25-18. 9th/10th: Argentina bt Zambia 25-13. 11th/12th: Namibia bt Jersey 25-20. 13th/14th: Australia bt Canada 25-21. 15th/16th: Ireland bt Kenya 25-4. 17th/18th: Fiji bt Guernsey 25-12. 19th/20th: Botswana bt US 25-24. 21th/22nd: Cook Islands bt Singapore 25-14. 23rd/24th: Norfolk Islands bt Thailand 25-15. 25th/26th: India bt Swaziland 25-20. 27th/28th: Papua New Guinea by Japan w/o.

Fours: 15th round: Section A: Australia bt Jersey (A Syvret, A Quemard, F Hambly, M Coutouly) 28-9; Singapore bt Cook Islands 27-17; Fiji bt Zimbabwe 18- 16; England (J Ottaway, R Cutts, A Thomson, J Bell) bt Ireland (V Dallas, J McLoughlin, S Allen, E Parkinson) 24-9; South Africa bt Botswana 31-11. Section B: Israel bt Zambia 22-14; India bt Namibia 24-17; Wales (R Weal, S Rees, J Price, S Wilshire) bt New Zealand 23-17; Norfolk Islands bt Thailand

20-14; Scotland (G Robertson, A Blair, W Wood, A Marshall) bt Hong Kong 31-15; United States bt Swaziland 22-18. Final: Scotland bt Canada 18-15. Play-offs: Third place: South Africa bt Wales 21-15. 5th/6th: Israel bt England 22-14. 7th/8th: Hong Kong bt Australia 24-23. 9th/10th: Ireland bt N Zealand 18-17. 11th/12th: Swaziland bt Fiji 24-17. 13th/14th: US bt Guernsey 19-17. 15th/16th: Namibia bt Zimbabwe 25-18. 17th/18th: Jersey bt Papua New Guinea 23-22. 19th/20th: Botswana bt Argentina

17-13. 21st/22nd: Zambia bt Kenya 25-19. 23rd/24th: Norfolk Is bt Singapore 19-16. 25th/26th: Cook Is bt India 19-17. 27th/28th: Thailand bt Japan w/o.