AUCHINLECK's Kate Adams won the world women's indoor bowls singles'
title in Guernsey last night with a convincing 7-0, 7-1, 0-7, 7-3
victory over English champion Jayne Roylance.
The Scottish international player completed her 17-end demolition of
her opponent in little over an hour with a procession of inch-perfect
bowls to leave her opponent reeling.
Both players qualified from the same section after their earlier
round-robin play-downs.
Adams won her way to the final with a three sets to one quarter-final
win over local player Jenny Nicolle, and, in the semi-finals, 3-0
against the last of the local hopes, Wilma le Feuvre.
Roylance fought off the challenge of Scottish champion Catherine
McIntosh, from Stonehaven, in her quarter-final match and English
team-mate Mary Price, the 1991 champion and last year's beaten finalist,
in the other semi-final.
Scotland's defending champion, Sarah Gourlay, from Prestwick, went
down by three sets to one to Mary Price in a repeat of last year's
final. Results:
Pool results. Section A. Round 1 -- S Gourlay (Scotland) beat V Stead
(Jersey), 1-7, 7-0, 7-5; B Thomas (Wales) beat M Wilkinson (Ireland),
7-6, 4-7, 7-1. Round 2 -- Gourlay beat Thomas, 4-7, 7-3, 7-4; Wilkinson
beat Stead, 4-7, 7-4, 7-0. Round 3 -- Gourlay beat Wilkinson, 7-3, 7-3;
Stead beat Thomas, 7-2, 7-1. Section winner -- Gourlay; runner-up Stead.
Section B. Round 1 -- J Roylance (England) beat N Montgomery (Ireland)
7-0, 7-0; K Adams (Scotland) beat M Castle (New Zealand), 7-3, 5-7, 7-3.
Round 2 -- Roylance beat Adams, 7-2, 5-7, 7-3; Montgomery beat Castle,
1-7, 7-1, 7-5. Round 3 -- Roylance beat Castle, 7-4, 7-0; Adams beat
Montgomery, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5. Section winner -- Roylance; runner-up --
Adams.
Section C. Round 1 -- Le Feuvre (Guernsey) beat D Hankin (England)
2-7, 7-1, 7-6; J Roney (Canada) beat C McIntosh (Scotland) 7-4, 6-7,
7-1. Round 2 -- Le Feuvre beat Roney, 7-5, 7-3; McIntosh beat Hankin,
7-0, 7-1. Round 3 -- Le Feuvre beat McIntosh, 4-7, 7-2,
7-4; Hankin beat Roney, 7-3, 7-3. Section winner -- Le Feuvre;
runner-up -- McIntosh.
Section D. Round 1 -- J Nicolle (Guernsey) beat M Price (England) 7-4,
7-5; R Jones (Wales) beat M Le Marquand (Jersey) 7-2, 7-4. Round 2 -- Le
Marquand beat Nicolle, 7-4, 1-7, 7-4; Price beat Jones, 7-4, 7-1. Round
3 -- Nicolle beat Jones, 7-5, 6-7, 7-0; Price beat Le Marquand, 7-3,
7-4. Section winner -- Nicolle; runner-up -- Price.
Quarter-finals -- Price beat Gourlay, 7-1, 7-5, 6-7, 2-7, 7-2;
Roylance beat McIntosh, 7-4, 1-7, 7-1, 7-6; Le Feuvre beat Stead, 7-1,
4-7, 7-5, 7-5; Adams beat Nicolle, 7-3, 1-7, 7-1, 7-6.
Semi-finals -- K Adams (Scotland) beat W le Feuvre (Guernsey) 7-6,
7-6,
7-3; J Roylance (England) beat M Price (England) 0-7, 7-5, 7-2, 1-7,
7-1.
Final -- Adams beat Roylance 7-0,
7-1, 0-7, 7-3.
* CUMBERNAULD snatched a last-gasp 74-69 extra-end victory over
Bainfield in the final of the CIS Insurance Scottish Cup at Arbroath on
Saturday.
Cumbernauld raced into an early 23-9 lead after five ends, and had
managed to maintain a five-shot, 36-31 lead at the halfway stage.
With six ends left to play, Cumbernauld still showed
58-48 in front and held on to their slender advantage, taking a 68-62
lead into the last end.
But Bainfield finished powerfully, picking six shots across the board
without reply to square the match at 68-all and force an extra end
play-off.
In the decider, however, it was Cumbernauld who came out on top when
Tom Stewart picked up one shot against Bainfield's Alex Marshall, Murdo
McGinness took two shots from Frazer Muirhead, and Ian Thomson counted
three over Alan Brown, with Bainfield's consolation shot coming from
Robert Marshall's game with Alec McCrae. Result and details (after an
extra end):
Cumbernauld 74, Bainfield 69 (Tom Stewart 15, Alex Marshall 15; Murod
McGinness 17, Frazer Muirhead 20; Alec McCrae 20, Robert Marshall 17;
Ian Thomson 22, Alan Brown 17).
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