1988 World Indoor Bowls Championship

World Indoor Championships 1988
10th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location England Alexandra Palace, & Bournemouth
Date(s) 05-13 March 1988 & 05-13 Dec 1987+.
Category World Indoor Championships
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The 1988 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at Alexandra Palace, London, England, from 05-13 March 1988. The event moved to the Alexandra Palace from the Coatbridge indoor bowling club.[2] Hugh Duff won the title beating Wynne Richards in the final five games to one (7-0, 7-1, 2-7, 7-6, 7-4, 7-4).

The 1988 Midland Bank World Indoor Pairs Championship was held at the Bournemouth International Centre from 05-13 December 1987+.(+ Held in Dec 1987 to avoid a clash with the 1988 World Outdoor Championships).[3] Ian Schuback & Jim Yates won the title defeating Andy Thomson & Gary Smith 5-1 in the final (6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 8-2, 7-5, 7-5).

The 1988 Inaugural Women's Championship was held at the Llanelli Indoor Bowling Club from April 29 to May 1. Margaret Johnston won the title beating Edna Bessell in the final 7-3 5-7 7-6 7-2.

Winners

Event Winner
Men's Singles Scotland Hugh Duff
Men's Pairs Australia Ian Schuback & Australia Jim Yates
Women's Singles Northern Ireland Margaret Johnston

Draw and results

[4][5]

Men's singles

First round   Second round   Quarter finals   Semi finals   Final
   Scotland Hugh Duff 7 7 7      
   Hong Kong Noel Kennedy 1 0 2            Scotland Duff 7 7 7  
   Northern Ireland Jim Baker 7 7 7          Northern Ireland Baker 3 5 4  
   New Zealand Danny O'Connor 0 3 3              Scotland Duff 7 6 7 7  
6  Scotland Willie Wood 7 7 6 7         6  Scotland Wood 5 7 4 5  
   Northern Ireland Eric Sands 6 5 7 2       6  Scotland Wood 2 7 7 3 7
   Wales John Price 7 7 7          Wales Price 7 1 3 7 4  
   Australia Stan Coomber 5 3 1              Scotland Duff 7 7 7      
   England David Bryant 7 7 7          England Bryant 4 6 4      
   Fiji Peter Fong 0 5 2        England Bryant 6 1 7 7 7  
   Scotland Neil McGhee 7 7 7      Scotland McGhee 7 7 6 5 3  
   New Zealand Andy Seaton 2 1 3          England Bryant 7 0 7 7
   Scotland Jim Muir 7 7 5 7          Scotland Muir 5 7 1 5  
   England Andy Thomson 4 5 7 6        Scotland Muir 7 7 7
   New Zealand Phil Skoglund 5 7 7 7      New Zealand Skoglund 0 5 5  
   Wales Jason Greenslade 7 3 4 0          Scotland Duff 5 sets
   England Wynne Richards 3 7 7 7          England Richards 1 sets
   Canada Graham Jarvis 7 0 1 4        England Richards 7 7 7  
   Scotland Robert McCulloch 7 6 7      Scotland McCulloch 3 4 1  
   New Zealand Peter Belliss 5 2 7 3          England Richards 7 2 3 7 7  
   Wales Stephen Rees 7 5 7 7          Wales Rees 4 7 7 5 6  
   England Gary Smith 1 7 4 6        Wales Rees 7 4 7 4 7
   Scotland Ian Bruce 2 4 7 7 7      Scotland Bruce 2 7 0 7 2  
   Northern Ireland David Corkill 7 7 4 6 2          England Richards 7 7 4 4 7
   England Tony Allcock 7 7 7          England Allcock 6 5 7 7 4  
   Wales John E Thomas 0 2 1        England Allcock 2 7 7 7  
   Scotland Colin Somerville 6 7 7 7      Scotland Somerville 7 5 0 3  
   Jersey David Le Marquand 7 5 2 5          England Allcock 7 7 7
   Australia John Snell 4 6 7 7 7          Australia Snell 3 4 4  
   Northern Ireland Mike Dunlop 7 7 3 2 5        Australia Snell 7 7 7
   Israel Cecil Bransky 7 7 2 6 7      Israel Bransky 3 0 1  
   England Nigel Smith 6 1 7 7 5  

Men's Pairs

First RoundQuarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
England David Bryant

England Tony Allcock

6 3 7 9  
  Northern Ireland Stan Espie

Northern Ireland Sammy Allen

4 8 4 3   England Bryant

England Allcock

8 5 1 8  
Fiji Peter Fong

Israel Cecil Bransky

7 0 10 4 6 Fiji Fong

Israel Bransky

2 3 8 3  
Wales Carl Lewis

Wales Clive Taylor

4 9 0 8 1 England Bryant

England Allcock

4 4 6 7  
England Andy Thomson

England Gary Smith

2 6 6 7 6 England Thomson

England Smith

5 7 4 9  
Scotland Hugh Duff

Scotland Willie Wood

7 8 5 2 5 England Thomson

England Smith

9 5 3 6 7
Northern Ireland Alan McMullan

Northern Ireland David Corkill

8 8 10     Northern Ireland McMullan

Northern Ireland Corkill

1 7 7 3 6
Jersey John Jones

Guernsey Mike Nicolle

2 2 1     England Thomson

England Smith

1 sets
Australia Ian Schuback

Australia Jim Yates

7 5 6   Australia Schuback

Australia Yates

5 sets
  England Gerry Smyth

England Steve Halmai

5 3 5   Australia Schuback

Australia Yates

8 3 6 2 8
Wales Stephen Rees

Wales John Price

8 6 7     Wales Price

Wales Rees

3 6 5 6 3
Scotland John Summers

ScotlandWillie Sullivan

3 2 4     Australia Schuback

Australia Yates

7 9 10  
Wales Peter Jenkins

Wales Mel Jones

6 6 7 6 Wales Jenkins

Wales Jones

2 4 0  
Northern Ireland Eric Sands

Northern Ireland Jim Baker

5 5 8 4 Wales Jenkins

Wales Jones

6 8 7 8  
New Zealand Phil Skoglund

New Zealand Peter Belliss

6 8 1 3 11 New Zealand Skoglund

New Zealand Belliss

7 6 5 4  
Scotland David Roberts

Scotland Tom Hamill

5 2 7 5 0

Women's Singles

Group Stages

Group A Results[6]

Player 1 Player 2 Score
Johnston Shaw 2-0
Dodd Morgan 2-0
Morgan Galbreath 2-1
Johnston Dodd 2-1
Shaw Galbreath 2-0
Johnston Morgan 2-0
Dodd Galbreath 2-0
Shaw Morgan 2-0
Johnston Galbreath 2-0
Dodd Shaw 2-0
Pos Player P W
1 Northern Ireland Margaret Johnston 4 4
2 Guernsey Kay Dodd 4 3
3 England Norma Shaw 4 2
4 Wales Cynthia Morgan 4 1
5 Scotland Joan Galbreath 4 0

Group B Results[6]

Player 1 Player 2 Score
Bessell Elliott 2-1
Davies Simon 2-0
Davies Wren 2-0
Elliott Simon 2-0
Bessell Wren 2-0
Elliott Davies 2-1
Wren Simon 2-0
Bessell Davies 2-0
Wren Elliott 2-1
Bessell Simon 2-1
Pos Player P W
1 England Edna Bessell 4 4
2 Northern Ireland Freda Elliott 4 2
3 Wales Julie Davies 4 2
4 Scotland Liz Wren 4 2
5 Guernsey Ann Simon 4 0

Medal round

Semi-finals Gold medal match
 Northern Ireland Margaret Johnston 3  
 Northern Ireland Freda Elliott 2  
 
     Northern Ireland Margaret Johnston 3
   England Edna Bessell 1
 England Edna Bessell 3
 Guernsey Kay Dodd 1  

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Worldbowls.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Google news archives". Google.
  4. ↑ "Archive - The Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.

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