Results of today’s play at the Warilla Bowls & Recreation Club, Shellharbour, NSW, Australia

Men:

Sec.1: Rd.8: Tom Rogers (Spain) bt Tomas Walti (Switzerland) 10-2 9-8; Seamus Curtin (New Zealand) bt Aaron Teys (Australia) 5-8 9-6 4-1; Soufi Rusli (Malaysia) bt Hirendra Bhartu (Canada) 14-2 6-6; Gary Kelly (Ireland) bt Tony Cheung (Hong Kong China) 8-4 11-4; Koko Ontong (Thailand) bt Tan Kah Hock (Singapore) 16-3 9-5; Ryan Dixon (Norfolk Island) bt Ozkan Akar (Turkey) 8-5 11-6.

Current standings: Kelly 24 points, 14 sets, +79 shots; Curtin 21, 9, +29; Teys 18, 12, +85; Rusli 18, 9, +33; Cheung 15, 10, +17; Bhartu 15, 8, +45; Rogers 12, 8, -31; Ontong 9, 8, +25; Dixon 9, 7, -10; Walti 3, 2, -102; Kah Hock 0, 2, -88; Akar 0, 0, -82.

Sec.2: Rd.8: Jeremy Henry (Australia) bt Junji Goda (Japan) 13-1 13-3; John Fleming (Scotland) bt Frank de Vries (Netherlands) 16-1 12-4; Kushal Pillay (Fiji) bt Mervyn Edwards (Jamaica) 6-8 13-6 3-1; Matt Le Ber (Guernsey) bt Moti Polak (Israel) 11-4 12-5; Bob Schneider (USA) bt Su Hong Lam (Macao China) 8-8 13-1; Brendan Aquilina (Malta) bt Wayne Rittmuller (South Africa) 8-8 9-6. Rd.9: Henry bt Edwards 12-5 16-2; Aquilina bt Schneider 6-6 9-6; Pillay bt Goda 7-7 12-6; Fleming bt Polak 8-8 11-5; Le Ber bt De Vries 5-7 11-5 3-2; Rittmuller bt Lam 11-3 15-7.

Current standings: Aquilina 27 points, 15 sets, +88; Henry 24, 15, +122; Fleming 21, 15, +69; Rittmuller 15, 11, +49; Schneider 15, 9, +20; Le Ber 15, 9, +15; Lam 15, 7, -31; Pillay 9, 8, +8; Polak 9, 5, -72; Edwards 6, 4, -58; De Vries 3, 3, -94; Goda 3, 2, -116.

Women:

Sec.1: Rd.6: Siti Zalina Ahmad (Malaysia) bt Bec Van Asch (Australia) 9-5 7-7; Hilda Tam (Macao China) bt Josephine Lee (Canada) 9-6 10-8; Carla Banks (Scotland) bt Sue Bryant (Thailand) 6-6 11-9; Shermeen Lim (Singapore) bt Connie Rixon (Malta) 12-2 5-8 5-4, Litia Tikoisuva (Fiji) bt Rose Ogier (Guernsey) 15-6 10-7. Rd.7: Van Asch bt Ogier 8-4 10-6; Rixon bt Bryant 11-3 11-2; Banks bt Ahmad 8-6 14-4; Tikoisuva bt Lee 4-8 11-6 5-0; Lim bt Tam 11-4 6-6.

Current standings: Ahmad 15 points, 8 sets, +18 shots; Tikoisuva 15, 6, -12; Rixon 12, 8, +25; Banks 12, 8, +11; Van Asch 12, 7, +33; Tam 12, 7, -5; Lee 9, 9, +12; Lim 9, 5, -3; Bryant 6, 5, -16; Ogier 3, 1, -63.

Sec.2: Rd.6: Irit Grencel (Israel) bt Yoko Goda (Japan) 5-14 7-5 2-0; Sonia Bruce (Philippines) bt Marianne Kuenzie (Switzerland) 10-4 7-11 4-1; Jo Edwards (New Zealand) bt Phyllis Wong (Hong Kong China) 5-10 10-4 4-0; Lucy Beere (Guernsey) bt Shae Wilson (Norfolk Island) 13-1 10-6; Colleen Piketh (South Africa) bt Dee McSparran (USA) 14-5 20-1. Rd.7: Edwards bt Kuenzie 11-3 9-3; Piketh bt Wilson 9-6 12-3; Bruce bt McSparran 11-6 8-7; Beere bt Goda 11-4 10-3; Wong bt Grencel 5-9 9-5 5-0.

Current standings: Piketh 18 points, 10 sets, +57 shots; Edwards 18, 8, +21; Beere 15, 10, +47; Bruce 15, 8, +7; Wong 9, 6, +7; Kuenzie 9, 6, +1; Goda 6, 7, -6; Wilson 6, 5, -37; McSparran 6, 4, -70; Grencel 3, 3, -27.