Gold, silver and bronze for Jackaroos
Following the first round of disciplines at the 8-nations tournament in Glasgow, the Australian Jackaroos have claimed their first gold medal courtesy of the men’s triples team of Barrie Lester (Vic), Nathan Rice (QLD) & Aron Sherriff (NSW) 15-12 over old foe England (pictured)
The first three days of competition comprised of the men’s triples and pairs and women’s singles and fours events while the Australian Bowlers with a Disability (AWD) competed in their triples competition.
The medal dais was full of Australian’s at the first medal ceremony of the tournament with Brett Wilkie (QLD) & Matthew Flapper (Vic) taking the silver medal in the men’s pairs in their gold medal playoff match 11-12 over Scotland Clyde.
Joining the boys on the dais were the New South Wales dominated Jackaroos women’s fours combination of Claire Duke (NSW), Natasha Van Eldik (NSW), Karen Murphy (NSW) and Kelsey Cottrell (NSW) who prevailed over England in the playoff for 3rd and 4th (24-13).
Australia concluded the event in 8th position in the women’s singles division while in the AWD triples, Australia finished in 4th position just narrowly missing out on a medal. Barry Charity, Tony Bonnell and Tim Slater fell short of Scotland Clyde (12-16) in the bronze medal playoff.
Below are the results following the final round of matches (round 7) followed subsequent playoff matches and medal deciders.
Women’s Singles
Rnd 7. Natasha Van Eldik v England (11-21)
Playoff. Carla Odgers v Canada (8-21)
Women’s Fours
Rnd 7. Carla Odgers, Rebecca Van Asch, Kelsey Cottrell, Karen Murphy v Canada (25-7)
Playoff. Claire Duke, Natasha Van Eldik, Karen Murphy, Kelsey Cottrell v England (24-13)
Men’s Pairs
Rnd 7. Wayne Ruediger & Mark Casey v Canada (24-8)
Playoff. Brett Wilkie & Matthew Flapper v Scotland Clyde (11-12)
Men’s Triples
Rnd 7. Brett Wilkie, Matthew Flapper & Aron Sherriff v NZ (19-11)
Playoff. Barrie Lester, Nathan Rice, Aron Sherriff v England (15-12)
AWD
Rnd 7. Tony Bonnell, Josh Barry, Tim Slater v Scotland Clyde (5-21)
Playoff. Barry Charity, Tony Bonnell, Tim Slater v Scotland Clyde (12-16)
Overall Placing
Ladies Singles – 8th
Ladies Fours – Bronze Medal
Men’s Pairs – Silver Medal
Men’s Triples – Gold Medal
AWD Triples – 4th
In the overall women’s place table, Australia is 5th while the men lead the way in first position.
The action in the women’s pairs and triples and men’s singles and fours along with the Vision Impaired Mixed Pairs and a AWD friendly all commence Thursday morning (UK time).
