Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games has seen the first full day of action in the men’s pairs, women’s singles and para men’s and women’s pairs.
It was another new chapter for para bowls with Singapore and Canada making historic debuts at a Commonwealth Games, while Malaysia returns to the line-up for the first time since Glasgow 2014, having previously won two bronze medals at Manchester 2002.
Among the 36 games played on Day Six of the 23rd edition of the Games, there were wins for World Bowls Series (WBS) No 1 ranked male and female players – Corey Wedlock and his partner Aaron Teys in the men’s pairs and Malaysia’s Emma Firyana Saroji in the women’s singles.
World Bowls Hall of Famers, Scotland’s Paul Foster MBE and Alex Marshall MBE also got their men’s pairs campaign off to a successful start in their bid to win a fifth Commonwealth title together, as did current World Bowls Championship men’s pairs holders Adam McKeown and Gary Kelly, of Northern Ireland.
But there were defeats for two returning champions in their quest to rewrite the history books.
After a tiebreak win against former WBS No 1 Kelly McKerihen, of Canada, in her opening game yesterday, reigning women’s singles holder Ellen Fife, who became the first Australian to win gold on UK soil at Birmingham 2022 when she also clinched gold in the pairs, was beaten by seven-times World Indoor Bowls Championships ladies’ matchplay holder, England’s Katherine Rednall (0.5-1.5), while after returning a 2-0 scorecard in their favour against Niue’s Tifaga Tupuiliu and Keith Papani in the first round, Wales’ Daniel Salmon, back-to-back men’s pairs winner at Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2020, and partner Ross Owen lost out on a tiebreak to Malta’s Troy Lorimer and Shaun James Parnis.
The para men’s pairs B6-B8 features reigning men’s para pairs champion, Scotland’s Garry Brown who is partnered by Games debutant Stuart Sloan and world champions Damien Delgado and James Reynolds, who reunite in pursuit of Commonwealth Games glory. Delgado claimed silver four years ago and is making a bold bid to go one better in his second Games appearance. For Reynolds, Glasgow marks a remarkable return to the Commonwealth stage after previously winning bronze in the para triples at Manchester 2002. Both nations won their opening two games to lead the table. Birmingham 2022 bronze medallist Kieran Rollings and partner Joe Peplow, of England, are third.
In the women’s pairs B6-B8, it’s 2023 women’s world para pairs champions, Teri Blackbourn and Julie O’Connell, of New Zealand, who take an early section lead – O’Connell making her debut at the age of 67.
Scotland’s reigning champion Pauline Wilson with Mary Wilson lie in second place. After a first game defeat to Malaysia’s Norazian Daud and Jariah Zakaria on a tiebreak, they went on to record a straight sets win over Canada’s Jean Stairs and Anne Hibberd before a New Zealand v Scotland showdown tomorrow.
For full schedule and results, see: https://www.glasgow2026.com/schedule/day-by-day?code=LBO&startDate=2026-07-24
To view the full photo gallery, see: https://worldbowls.pixieset.com/2026commonwealthgames/
