Australian success at IBBA World Championships
Australia has enjoyed a successful International Blind Bowls Association (IBBA) World Championships with an astonishing five gold medals across 12 events that have taken place at Club Tweed over the past week, with the haul being enough to secure the overall team championship as the most outstanding country at the event.
Right at Home Para Jackaroo Jake Fehlberg enjoyed a sensational B2 men’s singles campaign, enduring just a solitary blemish on his way to the title, further cementing his place as one of the premier vision impaired bowlers on the planet.
The Queenslander and his director and brother Cody were in fine form throughout the event, claiming the championship decider against South Africa 21-13.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist would pair up with his Birmingham 2022 teammate in Helen Boardman and claim yet another title with the duo saluting in the B2 mixed pairs competition.
Boardman and director Peter Doherty would not see the same success in the B2 women’s singles, with the Queenslander falling just short of a medal place in fourth position in her pool.
The other Jackaroos in the event, Calvin Rodgers and Jacky Hudson would claim a title of their own in the B3 mixed pairs, suffering just a solitary loss in their pool and finishing a game clear on top of the table.
In the B3 men’s singles, Rodgers and his director Jason Scheutjens took home a silver, concluding the event just one victory off the gold placing.
Hudson and her director Rob Hudson would miss out on a medal placing in the women’s singles with a sixth-place finish.
The green and gold would clinch a further three medals across the B4 disciplines, with two of those being gold.
Scott Kinnear and Sharon Dunk enjoyed a sensational mixed pairs competition, finishing a game clear on top of the table.
Kinnear’s singles campaign was pulsating with Hong Kong being his nearest threat, and as the matches wore on it was going to be shot difference that decided the competition.
It would go the way of the Australian, who emerged with an eleven-shot advantage over second place across his five contests.
Dunk would receive a silver medal just a solitary win off top spot.
