Australia sets the pace at the World Youth Champs
Australia’s eight young combatants are setting the pace at the World Youth Championships at Broadbeach. Australia’s brightest young stars enjoyed a blistering start to the World Youth Championships at Broadbeach yesterday, claiming a total of 20 wins from 26 rubbers contested across the two rounds of the three disciplines.
Three of the nation’s eight players contesting the event retained an unblemished record in both their singles and mixed pairs disciplines, with Ellen Ryan, Kristina Krstic and Aaron Teys securing four victories throughout the day.
Corey Wedlock, Chloe Stewart and Tiffany Brodie also kept the ledger untarnished in the singles discipline, with all three leading their section in the current standings.
Wedlock has a six shot margin over second-placed Teys in section one of the men’s singles, Stewart has a 25 shot lead over third placed Krstic in section one of the women’s, and Brodie is two shots clear in pole position of the women’s section two.
Ryan and Teys also headline section one of the mixed pairs discipline, following clinical victories against Wales and Malaysia late in the day.
Australia’s full results from the first two round, and current standings for all sections, can be found below.
The World Youth Championships continues with round three from 9.30am AEST this morning, and is staged until Sunday, April 2.
Bowls Australia would like to acknowledge the assistance and funding provided by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association to Bowls Australia for athletes in the 2016 NextGEN AUSComGames Squad program.
NextGEN AUSComGames was devised by the ACGA to provide assistance to junior players who have been identified as potential 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, and/or 2018 or 2022 Commonwealth Games level athletes.
Australia’s round one and two results:
Ellen Ryan
9.30am Singles def Scotland (D23) 21-15
12.30pm Singles def Malta (B8) 21-16
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with Teys def Wales (17) 16-4
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with Teys def Malaysia 1 (A6) 14-12
Kristina Krstic
9.30am Singles def Wales (B9) 21-19
12.30pm Singles def HK China 2 (D22) 21-12
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with Pederson def PNG (D26) 17-10
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with Pederson def HK China 1 (B10) 16-12
Chloe Stewart
9.30am Singles def PNG (10) 21-4
12.30pm Singles def Guernsey 1 (D23) 21-4
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with Wedlock lost to Scotland (D25) 12-13
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with Wedlock lost to Malaysia 2 (B8) 13-16
Tiffany Brodie
9.30am Singles def Canada (D24) 21-4
12.30pm Singles def NZ (B14) 21-17
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with PNG lost to Botswana (C15) 13-15
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with PNG (Tiffany Brodie skipping) lost to Norfolk Is/Ireland (A5) 13-14
Aaron Teys
9.30am Singles def Scotland (A2) 21-12
12.30pm Singles def HK China 2 (C15) 21-13
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with Ryan def Wales (C17) 16-4
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with Ryan def Malaysia 1 (A6) 14-12
Corey Wedlock
9.30am Singles def Malaysia 1 (A4) 21-10
12.30pm Singles def Cook Islands 1 (C18) 21-9
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with Stewart lost to Scotland (D25) 12-13
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with Stewart lost to Malaysia 2 (B8) 13-16
Nathan Pedersen
9.30am Singles lost to Wales (C16) 18-21
12.30pm Singles def Australia 3 (Billy Johnson) (A1) 21-3
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with Krstic def PNG (D26) 17-10
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with Krstic def HK China 1 (B10) 16-12
Billy Johnson
9.30am Singles def HK China 1 (C19) 21-6
12.30pm Singles lost to Australia 2 (Nathan Pederson) (A1) 3-21
3.15pm Mixed Pairs with Malta def Canada (D22) 19-9
6.00pm Mixed Pairs with Malta def PNG (B11) 16-12
Standings after round two:
Men’s singles section 1
Current standings: Wedlock (AUS) 6 points +23 shots, Teys (AUS) 6 +17, L Paniani 3 +1, Sham 3 -4, Dzulkeple 3 -5, Tigere 3 -6, Fleming 3 -6, C Rabey 3 -6, Tennant 0 -3, Law 0 -4, Babona 0 -7.
Men’s singles section 2
Current standings: Mustakim 6 points +9 shots, Bagrie-Howley 6 +5, Salmon 6 +4, Pedersen (AUS) 3 +15, T Paniani 3 +2, Ikirima 0 Sq, Johnson 3 -3, Caldwell 0 -8, Davis 0 -8, Po -16.
Women’s singles section 1
Current standings: Stewart (AUS) 6 points +34 shots, Wilson 6 +15, Krstic (AUS) 6 +9, Zakaria 3 +13, Westlake 3 +11,Mataio 3 +6, Motladiile 3 -1, White 3 -15, Luk 0 -20, Karkar 0 -24, Snell 0 -30.
Women’s singles section 2
Current standings: Brodie (AUS) 6 points +21 shots, Rahman 6 +19, Ryan 6 +11, Bruce 3 +10, Walker 3 +10, So 3 +7, Rixon 3 +1, S Rabey 0 -22, C Paniani 0 -24, LeBlanc 0 -33.
Mixed pairs section 1
Current standings: Ryan, Teys (AUS) 6 points +14 shots, Bruce, Bagrie-Howley 6 +5, Snell, C Rabey 3 +4, Luk, Sham 3 +3, Zakaria, Dzulkeple 3 +1, Wilson, Tennant 3 +1, Mataio, T Paniani 3 -2, Motladiile, Tigere 3 -5, LeBlanc, Law 0 -2, Brodie, Ikirima 0 -3, White, Salmon 0 -16.
Mixed pairs section 2
Current standings: Walker, Fleming 6 points +13 shots equal with Rixon, Johnson 6 +13, Rahman, Mustakin 6 +10, Krstic, Pedersen (AUS) 6 +9, So, Po 3 +13, Westlake, Caldwell 3 +1, Stewart, Wedlock (AUS) 3 -4, Karkar, Babona 0 -9, C Paniani, L Paniani 0 -19, S Rabey, Davis 0 -28.
