Men’s singles: Sec.1: Rd.1: Ryan Bester (CAN) bt Darren Burnett (SCO) 21-8, Aron Sherriff (AUS) bt Pete Bonsor (ESP) 21-14, Malcolm De Sousa (JER) bt Sunil Bahadur (IND) 21-17, Todd Priaulx (GUE) bt Johnny Ng (MAC) 21-19, Will Esterhuizen (NAM) bt Kenta Hasebe (JPN) 21-20. Rd.2: Bester bt Hasebe 21-19, Sherriff bt De Sousa 21-19, Esterhuizen bt Priaulx 21-14, Burnett bt Ng 21-5, Bonsor bt Bahadur 21-17. Rd.3: Bester bt De Sousa 21-12, Sherriff bt Ng 21-15, Burnett bt Bonsor 21-17, Hasebe bt Priaulx 21-13, Bahadur by Esterhuizen 21-17.
Current standings: Bester 9 points +24 shots, Sherriff 9 +16, Burnett 6 +7, Esterhuizen 6 +4, Hasebe 3 +5, Bahadur 3 -4, De Sousa 3 -7, Bonsor 3 -7, Priaulx 3 -13, Ng 0 -24.
Sec.2: Rd.1: Jamie Walker (ENG) bt Ryan Dixon (NFI) 21-5, Jon Tomlinson (WAL) bt Rahman Omar (BRU) 21-7, Fairus Jabal (MAS) bt Gary Kelly (IRE) 21-14, Shannon McIlroy (NZL) bt Tony Cheung (HKC) 21-17, Loukas Paraskeva (CYP) bt Gerry Baker (RSA) 21-20. Rd.2: Jabal bt Paraskeva 21-9, Tomlinson bt Cheung 21-17, McIlroy bt Omar 21-10, Kelly bt Walker 21-10, Baker bt Dixon 21-18. Rd.3: Jabal bt Walker 21-17, Tomlinson bt Baker 21-17, McIlroy bt Paraskeva 21-19, Cheung bt Kelly 21-15, Dixon bt Omar 21-19.
Current standings: Jabal 9 points +23 shots, Tomlinson 9 +22, McIlroy 9 +17, Walker 3 +1, Baker 3 -1, Cheung 3 -2, Paraskeva 3 -13, Dixon 3 -18, Omar 0 -27.
Men’s fours: Sec.1: Rd.1: WAL (Ross Owen, Steve Harris, Robert Weale, Mark Wyatt) bt BRU (Naim Brahim, Mdali Bujang, Huziami Salleh, BJ Chuchu) 31-6, NZL (Mike Nagy, Mike Kernaghan, Blake Signal, Ali Forsyth) bt ISR (Daniel Alonim, Arie Kremer, Dan Slodovnik, Zvika Hadar) 26-10, USA (Aaron Zangl, Scott Roberts, James Flower, Charlie Herbert) bt CAN (Ryan Stadnyk, Steve Santana, Cameron Lafrense, Steve McKerihen) 22-13, RSA (Thinus Oelofse, Jason Evans, Pierre Breitenbach, Rudi Jacobs) bt FIJ (Rajnesh Prasad, Samuela Tuikiligana, Semesa Vakalelea Naiseruvati, Arun Kumar) 19-14, SCO (Ronnie Duncan, Iain McLean, Paul Foster, Alex Marshall) bt HKC (Terry Kung, Raymond Ho, James Po, Jason Choi) 16-15. Rd.2: NZL bt CAN 13-9, SCO bt BRU 18-9, RSA bt USA 15-14, HKC bt WAL 22-17, ISR bt FIJ 21-14. Rd.3: NZL bt FIJ 25-5, SCO bt CAN 22-9, RSA bt BRU 19-12, WAL bt USA 23-10, HKC bt ISR 22-16,
Current standings: NZL 9 points +40 shots, SCO 9 +23, RSA 9 +13, WAL 6 +33, HKC 6 +10, USA 3 -5, ISR 3 -15, CAN 0 -26, FIJ 0 -32, BRU 0 -41.
Sec.2: Rd.1: IRE (Simon Martin, Neil Mulholland, Ian McClure, Martin McHugh) bt SIN (Terrence Lee, Pang Hang Heck, Christian Huang, Thomas Leong) 26-6, ENG (Louis Ridout, Andy Knapper Rob Paxton, Sam Tolchard) bt ESP (Nick Cole, Derek Eldon, Graham Cathcart, Tom Rogers) 24-4, MAS (Syamil Ramli, Ijoe Redzuan, Hizlee Rais, Fairul Muin) bt JER (Greg Davis, Scott Ruderham, Michael Rive, John Lowery) 20-12, AUS (Barrie Lester, Brett Wilkie, Aaron Wilson, Mark Casey) bt ZIM (Terry Bowes, Mike Eaton, Tom Craven, Denis Streak) 21-7, JPN (Munehisa Miyazaki, Koichi Sakamoto, Hank Sato, Ken Emura) bt NFI (John Christian, Brent Pauling, Mitchell Graham, Tim Sheridan) 18-15. Rd.2: ENG bt MAS 19-16, AUS bt NFI 27-11, IRE drew JER 17-17, ZIM bt JPN 18-10, ESP bt SIN 14-11. Rd.3: ENG bt NFI 28-6, AUS bt SIN 17-11, IRE bt MAS 17-10, ESP bt ZIM 25-17, JER bt JPN 23-11.
Current standings: ENG 9 points +45 shots, AUS 9 +26, IRE 7 +27, ESP 6 -9, JER 4 +4, MAS 3 -4, JPN 3 -117, SIN 0 -29, NFI 0 -41.
Women’s pairs: Sec.1: Rd.1: AUS (Kelsey Cottrell, Karen Murphy) bt SIN (Josephine Lim, Jane Low) 37-8, NZL (Angela Boyd, Jo Edwards) bt CYP (Fran Davis, Linda Ryan) 28-9, ENG (Sophie Tolchard, Ellen Falkner) bt NED (Saskia Schaft, Guurtje Copier) 17-6, PHI (Sonia Bruce, Ainie Knight) bt NAM (Anjuleen Viljoen, Lesley Vermeulen) 18-11, ISR (Shira Eshel, Tamar Kamzel) bt CAN (Jackie Foster, Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong) 18-11. Rd.2: AUS bt NED 27-12, NZL bt PHI 19-14, ISR bt CYP 17-12, CAN bt NAM 26-9, SIN bt ENG 17-13. Rd.3: NZL bt AUS 24-7, ENG bt ISR 26-6, PHI bt SIN 20-7, CYP bt NAM 25-11, NED bt CAN 19-18.
Current standings: NZL 9 points +41 shots, AUS 6 +27, ENG 6 +27, PHI 6 +18, ISR 6 -8, CAN 3 +6, CYP 3 -10, NED 3 -25, SIN 3 -38, NAM 0 -38.
Sec.2: Rd.1: WAL (Laura Daniels, Jess Sims) bt CHN (Song Suzhen, Yu Xiao Yan) 25-9, SCO (Lesley Doig, Lauren Baillie) bt IRE (Sarah-Jane Curran, Catherine Beattie) 17-9, RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh) bt HKC (Dorothy Yu, Vivian Yip) 19-15, NFI (Shae Wilson, Carmen Anderson) bt MAS (Emma Firyana Saroji, Siti Zalina Ahmad) 18-16, ESP (Carol Broomfield, Christine Mawson) bt CKI (Teokotai Jim, Linda Vavia) 14-13. Rd.2: WAL bt IRE 32-9, NFI bt CKI 27-4, SCO bt CHN 18-11, RSA bt ESP 17-10, MAS bt HKC 21-17. Rd.3: WAL bt ESP 25-7, SCO bt CKI 25-14, RSA bt CHN 24-10, MAS bt IRE 20-8, HKC bt NFI 20-15.
Current standings: WAL 9 points +57 shots, SCO 9 +27, RSA 9 +25, NFI 6 +20, MAS 6 +14, HKC 3 -3, ESP 3 -24, CKI 0 -35, CHN 0 -37, IRE 0 -44.
Women’s triples: Sec.1: Rd.1: ENG (Jamie-Lea Winch, Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King) bt ESP (Debbie Colquhoun, Lynne Eldon, Lisa Bonsor) 23-7, MAS (Nur Fidrah Noh, Nor Hashimah Ismail, Azalina Arshad) bt NFI (Tess Evans, Anne Pledger, Petal Jones) 21-11, NZL (Katelyn Inch, Kirsten Edwards, Val Smith) bt NAM (Renetta de Kock, Debbie Voigts, Marietjie van den Bergh) 21-11, PHI (Hazel Jagonoy, Ronalyn Greenlees, Rosita Bradborn) bt CHN (Wang Mei, Zheng Fang, Guo Xiomin) 17-14, RSA (Sylvia Burns, Susan Nel, Elma Davis) bt HKC (Gloria Ha, Mercredi Yeung, Camilla Yeung) 16-13. Rd.2: MAS bt ESP 27-6, ENG bt NFI 23-8, NZL bt HKC 17-15, PHI bt RSA 19-11, NAM bt CHN 16-11. Rd.3: MAS bt NAM 20-13, ENG bt PHI 14-11, NZL bt CHN 26-10, HKC bt NFI 22-16.
Current standings: MAS 9 points +38 shots, ENG 9 +34, NZL 9 +28, RSA 6 +12, PHI 6 +8, HKC 3 +1, NAM 3 -12, CHN 0 -24, NFI 0 -31, ESP 0 -54.
Sec.2: Rd.1: AUS (Carla Krizanic, Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch) bt IOM (Winifred Kewley, Pam Makin, Anne Watterson) 44-4, BRU (Amalia Matali, Esmawandy Brahim, Bella Chuchu) bt IRE (Cliodhna Eadie, Alicia Weir, Sandra Bailie) 20-14, ZIM (Debbie Robertson, Mel James, Jane Rigby) bt FIJ (Elizabeth Moceiwai, Sheral Mar, Litia Tikoisuva) 18-12, SCO (Julie Forrest, Stacey McDougall, Claire Johnston) bt USA (Candy De Fazio, Janice Bell, Anne Nunes) 17-13, WAL (Emma Woodcock, Kathy Pearce, Anwen Butten) bt CAN (Pricilla Westlake, Leanne Chinery, Kelly McKerihen) 15-11. Rd.2: AUS bt CAN 25-12, WAL bt SCO 15-12, USA bt IOM 28-15, FIJ bt BRU 21-12, IRE bt ZIM 22-15. Rd.3: AUS bt ZIM 27-10, FIJ bt WAL 26-5, USA bt IRE 19-17, BRU bt IOM 23-9, CAN bt SCO 15-14.
Current standings: AUS 9 points +70 shots, FIJ 6 +24, USA 6 +11, BRY 6 +11, WAL 6 -14, SCO 3 Sq, IRE 3 -1, CAN 3 -16, ZIM 3 -18, IOM 0 -67.
Photo: The exciting Hong Kong men’s fours team, Jason Choi, James Po, Raymond Ho and Terry Kung led Scotland’s reigning Commonwealth Games fours gold medallists a merry dance in Round 1, losing by a single shot after an untimely loss of five, two ends from home.