2019 World Singles Champion of Champions: Aussies off to perfect start
Australia’s representatives at the 2019 World Singles Champion of Champions have made the perfect start on their journey towards a world title.
Victorian pair Lee Schraner and Kylie Whitehead emerged from Day 1 without tasting defeat, with Schraner winning all three (Singapore, South Africa, Japan) and Whitehead (Zimbabwe, Nambia) two of their scheduled matches.
Schraner’s biggest test came against South Africa’s Wayne Rittmuller in which he dropped the first set, only to recover and close out the match in a tie-break, a result that could shape the section.
The 2019 World Singles Champion of Champions will be played in two sections in both men’s and women’s events.
The top of each section will go forward to the semi-finals, while the 2nd and 3rd placings in each section will be randomly drawn to play off for the remaining two places in the semi-finals.
The winner of Play-Off 1 will play the winner of Section 1 in Semi-Final 1. The winner of Play-Off 2 will play the winner of Section 2 in Semi-Final 2.
Bowls Australia (BA) will be live-streaming finals action from the 2019 World Singles Championships, from Saturday, November 2 to Sunday, November 3.
2019 World Singles Champion of Champions
October 28 – November 3
Adelaide Bowling Club, South Australia
Day 1:
Men –
Sec.1: Rd.1: Tony Cheung (HKC) bt Taylor Horn (NZL) 5-10 9-7 4-0, Clive McGreal (IOM) bt Mark O’Hagan (SCO) 8-7 7-8 3-2, Cabous Olivier (NAM) bt Earl Luk (CAN) 14-4 10-4, Avala Savaiinaea (SAM) bt Zoltan Pavelka (HUN) 21-2 9-4, Louis Ridout (ENG) bt Frank De Vries (NED) 10-7 15-1.
Rd.2: Ian Kenyon (ESP) bt McGreal 6-5 12-2, Ridout bt Horn 8-7 5-10 3-2, O’Hagan bt Pavelka 13-2 12-3, Luk bt De Vries 9-6 5-8 7-0, Cheung bt Savaiinaea 19-2 12-4.
Rd.3: Ahmad Zikry (MAS) bt McGreal 10-5 11-5, O’Hagan bt Cheung 15-3 6-6, Kenyon bt Pavelka 10-4 3-9 5-0, Horn bt Luk 8-9 8-7, Ridout bt Savaiinaea 13-3 15-1.
Current standings: Ridout 9 points +37 shots, O’Hagan 6 +32, Cheung 6 +10, Kenyon 6 +10, Horn 3 +9, Olivier 3 +16, Zikry 3 +11, Savaiinaea 3 -25, Luk 3 -18, McGreal 3 -22, De Vries 0 -17, Pavelka 0 -44.
Sec.2: Rd.1: Lee Schraner (AUS) bt Kwok Fai Law (SIN) 13-4 11-2, Stephen Coleman (IRE) bt Kevin James (WAL) 9-8 8-5, Rajnesh Prasad (FIJ) bt Ozkan Akar (TUR) 10-9 7-6, Wayne Rittmuller (RSA) bt Regent Reid (BOT) 8-4 15-7, Boaz Markus (ISR) bt Haydn Evans (NFI) 1-16 8-6 3-2, Charlie Herbert (USA) bt Todd Priaulx (GUE) 6-5 6-9 4-2.
Rd.2: Hirokazi Mori (JPN) bt Reid 10-5 13-3, Markus bt Fai Law 11-4 12-2, James bt Priaulx 10-3 6-6, Coleman bt Evans 11-4 12-3, Schraner bt Rittmuller 6-12 5-4 5-0, Prasad bt Herbert 8-9 7-5 4-1.
Rd.3: Coleman bt Fai Law 11-6 5-10 2-1, Rittmuller bt Markus 12-6 7-6, Akar bt Reid 10-7 14-4, Priaulx bt Evans 6-6 11-3, Schraner bt Mori 12-7 9-4, James bt Prasad 6-12 8-6 5-1.
Current standings: Schraner 9 points +23 shots, Coleman 9 +20, Rittmuller 6 +24, Prasad 6 +7, Markus 6 -3, James 6 +1, Priaulx 3 +3, Akar 3 +11, Mori 3 +5, Herbert 3 -3, Evans 0 -11, Fai Law 0 -35, Reid 0 -40.
Women –
Sec.1: Rd.1: Kylie Whitehead (AUS) bt Bonnita Van Heerden (ZIM) 9-5 13-3, Helen Cheung (HKC) bt Janice Pilling (IOM) 13-4 6-8 3-1, Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong (CAN) bt Tammy Tham (SIN) 12-6 8-7, Shae Wilson (NFI) bt Sophie Tolchard (ENG) 13-2 12-6.
Rd.2: Whitehead bt Diana Viljoen (NAM) 10-5 12-2, Pilling bt Boikhutso Mooketsi (BOT) 8-6 17-3, Cheung bt Fitzpatrick-Wong 9-5 12-7, Wilson bt Van Heerden 12-6 12-5.
Current standings: Wilson 6 points +30 shots, Whitehead 6 +29, Cheung 6 +16, Pilling 3 +9, Fitzpatrick-Wong 3 -2, Tham 0 -7, Viljoen 0 -15, Mooketsi 0 -16, Tolchard 0 -17, Van Heerden 0 -27.
Sec.2: Rd.1: Laura Welsh (SCO) bt Sonia Bruce (PHI) 12-6 14-3, Laura Daniels (WAL) bt Cristina Konig (ARG) 16-2 10-5, Debbie White (NZL) bt Esmé Kruger (RSA) 7-5 3-7 3-1, Nur Fidrah Nor (MAS) bt Keiko Kurohara (JPN) 8-4 5-7 5-2.
Rd.2: Nur Fidrah Nor bt Sandy Wall (USA) 9-4 15-4, White bt Mary Dyer (ESP) 9-6 5-7 4-0, Kurohara bt Bruce 3-9 7-5 4-0, Kruger bt Konig 19-1 16-1.
Current standings: Nur Fidrah Nor 6 points +18 shots, White 6 -1, Kruger 3 +35, Daniels 3 +19, Welsh 3 +17, Kurohara 3 -6, Dyer 0 -1, Bruce 0 -13, Wall 0 -16, Konig 0 -52.
