On the day World Bowls celebrated its first women in bowls leadership workshop and HRH The Princess Royal was spectating, the bid for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games glory continued in the women’s singles, men’s pairs and para women’s and men’s pairs.

Australia’s Ellen Fife is one of those in pursuit of history – she’s looking to become only the third woman ever to win back-to-back women’s singles Games medals following in the footsteps of New Zealand’s Jo Edwards and Siti Zalina Ahmad, of Malaysia.

A successful day on the portable rinks saw her chalking up success over Abbey Andrieux, of Jersey, 2-0, and Malta’s Connie-Leigh Rixon, 1.5-0.5, to jump from fifth place overnight to lead Section A with just two more rounds of sectional play left.

Elsewhere, six other athletes have 100 per cent records intact in the event, including Alison Merrien MBE, of Guernsey, who heads Section B with Ireland’s Shauna O’Neill in second place.

Wales’ Amy Williams steers Section C just in front of Emma Firyana Saroji, of Malaysia, while battling out at the top of Section D are Sophie McGrouther, of Scotland, the youngest player in the women’s singles, and Norfolk Island’s Shae Wilson.

In the men’s pairs, Malaysia in Section A, England and India in Section B, Scotland and Canada in Section C and Northern Ireland and Australia in Section D have all returned winning scorecards from their respective matches to take the top spots in their groups heading into the penultimate day of round-robin games.

Only the winners of each section go through to the semi-finals, with the winners of Section A facing Section D and Section C playing Section D.

In the para men’s and women’s pairs, B7-B8, it’s the top four who progress to the semi-finals.

Australia lead the pack in the men’s event with three wins from three, with defending nation, Scotland, featuring 2022 gold winner Garry Brown, New Zealand and South Africa making up the top four, while in the women’s discipline, New Zealand are setting the pace having won all three of their games ahead of Australia, Malaysia and Scotland whose pair includes Pauline Wilson, reigning gold medallist.

Keep an eye on the World Bowls website and social media platforms for more details on the women in bowls leadership workshop to follow.

For Glasgow 2026 full schedule and results, see: https://www.glasgow2026.com/schedule/day-by-day?code=LBO&startDate=2026-07-24

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