1979 World Indoor Bowls Championship Explained

World Indoor Championships 1979
Number:1
Series:World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location: Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Dates:10 January - 14 January 1979.
Category:World Indoor Championships
Next: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

Group stages

Section A

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Bryant Farrell21-13
Bryant Bungey21-13
Bryant Dunton 21-15
Bryant Donnelly 21-18
DonnellyFarrell21-9
DonnellyBungey21-14
DonnellyDunton 21-18
Bungey Dunton 21-19
Bungey Farrell 21-6
Dunton Farrell 21-15

Section B

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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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google news archives. Glasgow Herald.
  2. News: Scot gets off to flying start . 11 January 1979 . Aberdeen Press and Journal . 12 February 2021. 8 . The British Newspaper Archive.
  3. News: Setback for Blake's bid . 12 January 1979 . Aberdeen Press and Journal . 12 February 2021. 8 . The British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: David Bryant CBE. Somerset Bowls.