Sport in Short: Bowls

WOOLWICH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Worthing) Pairs, seventh round: Section A: Australia bt Jersey (D Le Maquand and M Coutouly) 17-16; Guernsey (A Welch and M Nicolle) bt Fiji 23-19; Hong Kong bt USA 21-19; New Zealand bt Cook Islands 30-15; Scotland (R Corsie and A Marshall) bt Kenya 24-18; Wales (R Weale and W Thomas) bt Japan 46-8. Section B: Canada bt Thailand 42-9; England (J Ottaway and T Allcock) bt Norfolk Island 29-4; Ireland (S Adamson and S Allen) bt Zambia 24-18; Namibia bt Singapore 29-15; Argentina bt Papua New Guinea 22-12; Zimbabwe bt Swaziland 33-11. Eighth round: Section A: USA bt Australia 19-18; Botswana bt Jersey 28-21; Fiji bt Kenya 21-13; Guernsey bt Hong Kong 30-19; New Zealand bt India 18-13; Scotland bt Japan 48-3; Wales bt Cook Islands 26-10. Section B: Canada bt Norfolk Island 25-13; South Africa bt England 24-17; Ireland bt Argentina 18-13; Israel bt Thailand 33-9; Namibia bt Swaziland 19-16; Zambia bt Zimbabwe 23-12.

Triples, seventh round: Section A: Australia bt Guernsey (M Smith, P Ingrouille and K Mellor) 19- 14; England (R Cutts, A Thomson and J Bell) bt Japan 36-9; Zimbabwe bt Fiji 14-12; USA bt Hong Kong 14-11; New Zealand bt Thailand 39-5; Botswana bt Swaziland 17-11. Section B: Ireland (V Dallas, J McCoughlin and E Parkinson) drew with Canada 14-14; Argentina bt Jersey (A Syvret, F Hambly and A Quemard) 29-13; India bt Papua New Guinea 20-16; Scotland (G Robertson, W Wood and A Blair) bt Norfolk Island 25-7; Wales (J Price, S Rees and S Wilshire) bt Cook Islands 19-11; Zambia bt Kenya 18-11. Eighth round: Section A: Australia bt Japan 47-1; England bt Thailand 31-6; Botswana bt Fiji 20-11; Hong Kong bt Zimbabwe 13- 12; Namibia bt New Zealand 17-16; South Africa bt Guernsey 20-16. Section B: Ireland bt Kenya 30-15; Israel bt Canada 22-14; Jersey bt India 19-14; Papua New Guinea bt Norfolk Island 26-10; Scotland bt Singapore 26-5; Zambia bt Argentina 23-15.