At Helensvale Bowls Club, Queensland, Australia
Day 1:
Men: Sec.1: Rd.1: Rudi Jacobs (RSA) bt Jim Preston (CYP) 11-4 11-8, Mohammad Soufi Rusli (MAS) bt Phil Jones (NFI) 12-7 15-4, Pete Bonsor (ESP) bt John Bjornson (CAN) 10-7 12-8, Ben Sherwen (ENG) bt Ronnie Chia (SIN) 8-5 11-3, Frank de Vries (NED) bt Des Hipa (NIU) 8-7 10-6. Rd.2: De Vries bt Preston 7-6 8-5, Bonsor bt Jacobs 11-7 10-8, Rusli bt Sherwen 9-6 11-6, Bjornson bt Hipa 10-7 6-5. Rd.3: Jacobs bt Hipa 15-4 10-7, Bjornson bt Preston 10-5 9-7, Jones bt Chia 7-6 7-5, De Vries bt Bonsor 6-6 9-7.
Sec.2: Rd.1: Koko Ontong (THA) bt Ken Chan (HKC) 9-5 10-7, Scott Thulborn (AUS) bt Terry Bowes (ZIM) 7-5 11-2, Rahman Omar (BRU) bt Bill Brault (USA) 9-6 11-7, Zvika Hadar (ISR) bt Clive McGreal (IOM) 14-5 9-7. Rd.2: McGreal bt Omar 13-2 8-8, Thulborn bt Ontong 9-5 7-5, Jon Tomlinson (WAL) bt Brault 7-6 6-9 4-0, Ozkan Akar (TUR) bt Bowes 12-8 14-5 Rd.3: Chan bt Bowes 5-9 15-5 5-1, Brault bt Hadar 12-5 12-3, Ontong bt Akar 11-9 16-2, Tomlinson bt McGreal 8-6 8-5.
Women: Sec.1: Rd.1: Natasha Scott (AUS) bt Debbie Robertson (ZIM) 16-3 5-6 3-1, Rosie Brown (IRE) bt Catherine Papani (NIU) 14-3 7-4, Yoko Goda (JPN) bt Mali Reuven (ISR) 7-9 10-7 5-0, Judith Wason (WAL) bt Foster Banda (ZAM) 10-7 13-5, Diane Roberts (CYP) bt Virginia Longfellow (SIN) 9-7 5-5. Rd.2: Wason bt Anne Nunes (USA) 11-4 14-3, Brown bt Roberts 7-6 10-8, Longfellow bt Robertson 11-6 8-7, Scott bt Papani 14-4 20-2, Goda bt Banda 4-11 12-2 4-2.
Sec.2: Rd.1: Carmen Anderson (NFI) bt Ainie Knight (PHI) 7-8 9-6 2-1, Harriette Pituley (CAN) bt Rahsan Akar (TUR) 12-3 12-7, Tai Jim (CKI) bt Sue Bryant (THA) 8-8 13-7, Sophie Tolchard (ENG) bt Trish Young (RSA) 15-2 13-2, Saskia Schaft (NED) bt Eileen McEwan (SCO) 9-7 10-9. Rd.2: Tolchard bt Schaft 8-7 7-3, Bryant bt Akar 9-6 8-7, Knight bt Pituley 7-5 17-10, Anderson bt Jim 8-5 10-3, Amalia Matali (BRU) bt McEwan 7-9 7-6 3-1.
Photo: Local ace Natasha Scott is unbeaten after two rounds of the World Singles Champion of Champions at Helensvale on Australia’s Gold Coast.
