Day 3 report

Gents Singles – Group A
Group A is now complete and the first two players have qualified for the Semi Finals. Connor Cinato (England) topped the group after two close matches on Wednesday against his nearest challengers. Jason Banks (Scotland) produced a stunning first set in his final match against Seamus Curtin (New Zealand) to book his place in the knockout stages as the second place finished.

Adam McKeown (Ireland) just missed out on qualification with Seamus finishing in fourth place and Josh fifth in a really tough group.

Seamus Curtin (New Zealand) beat Josh Bonsall (Guernsey) 4-5, 12-1, 1-0
Connor Cinato (England) beat Jason Banks (Scotland) 4-7, 9-3, 1-0
Connor Cinato (England) beat Adam McKeown (Ireland) 6-4, 6-4
Jason Banks (Scotland) beat Seamus Curtin (New Zealand) 15-2, 9-3

Gents Singles – Group B
John Meikle (Scotland) took the lead in Group B with wins over Tsang Yat Long (Hong Kong) and Brandon Watson (Canada).

The section remains with three players in contention as John Meikle has 6 points and Mike Brain and Tsang Yat Long have 4 points each. Mike and John meet each other tomorrow morning and if Mike wins there is a potential three way tie at the top of the section for the two qualifying places.

Tsang Yat Long (Hong Kong) beat Mike Brain (Wales) 14-2, 3-10, 0-1
John Meikle (Scotland) beat Brandon Watson (Canada) 9-5, 5-3
Brandon Watson (Canada) beat Wajid Ali (Pakistan) 11-3, 6-4
John Meikle (Scotland) beat Tsang Yat Long (Hong Kong) 7-5, 8-4

Gents Singles – Group C
Stephen Kirkwood (Ireland) still leads the way in Group C after beating Jordan Driscoll from Wales. He has now qualified for the quarter finals and will be playing his last match to see who tops the group.

Ryan Atkins (England) is also through to the quarter finals after beating Jordan Driscoll in his last match of the day.

Earlier Ryan, the 2015 champion, had been shocked with the first ever win for a French player at the IIBC Championships when Amaury Dumont had a tiebreak victory.

Ryan and Stephen play off for the qualifying berths on Thursday morning.

Stephen Kirkwood (Ireland) beat Jordan Driscol (Wales) 10-3, 12-2
Amaury Dumont (France) beat Ryan Atkins (England) 3-13, 6-4, 1-0
Jack Breen (Wales) beat So Ka De (Hong Kong) 5-7, 11-3, 1-0
John Orr (WBT) beat Amaury Dumont (France) 7-2, 10-2
Ryan Atkins beat Jordan Driscoll (Wales) 9-2, 7-6

Gents Singles – Group D
By way of the rules of the competition the qualifier from Group D are also known after Wednesday night.

Jack Breen (Wales) sits at the top of the group with three wins and Bradley Buchan (Scotland) is in second place and also guaranteed a quarter final place.

Mason Lewis (Australia) could still tie Bradley on points but as a result of their head to head encounter Bradley would progress in second.

If Bradley beats Jack on Thursday morning then he will top the group standings.

Ben Harvey (Guernsey) beat Bradley Buchan (Scotland) 7-2, 9-3
Jack Breen (Wales) beat So Ka De (Hong Kong) 5-7, 11-3, 1-0
Mason Lewis (Australia) beat Ben Harvey (Guernsey) 5-4, 8-3
Bradley Buchan (Scotland) beat So Ka De (Hong Kong) 6-4, 7-3


Ladies Singles – Group E
All matches have now been played in Group E and Paris Baker (Tonga) recorded another two wins on Wednesday to remain the only player this week to have not lost a match and qualifies for the Quarter Finals as group winner.

Ha Yat Ting (Hong Kong) and Zoe Minish (Ireland) both finished on four points behind Paris but as a result of the direct win for the Hong Kong player it is Ha Yat Ting that qualifies in second place.

Zoe finishes third in the group with Devon Cooper (England) in fourth and Emma Snell (Guernsey) in fifth.

Ho Yat Ting (Hong Kong) beat Zoe Minish (Ireland) 13-3, 14-1
Devon Cooper (England) beat Emma Snell (Guernsey) 8-5, 3-8, 1-0
Paris Baker (Tonga) beat Emma Snell (Guernsey) 9-2, 9-1
Ha Yat Ting (Hong Kong) beat Devon Cooper (England) 9-1, 3-9, 1-0
Zoe Minish (Ireland) beat Devon Cooper (England) 8-4, 8-9, 1-0
Paris Baker (Tonga) beat Ha Yat Ting (Hong Kong) 5-4, 4-6, 1-0

Ladies Singles - Group F
Lauren Gowen (Wales) leads Group F at the end of the second days play with a 100% record and 6 points. Natasha Russell has completed all her matches and has three wins also for her four matches.

Eiilidh Weir had one win from her two matches on Wednesday which puts her on four points and has Lauren to play tomorrow in a must win match if she has any chance of qualifying.

Lauren Gowen (Wales) beat Emma Baggio (France) 17-1, 8-4
Natasha Rusell (New Zealand) beat Eilidh Weir (Scotland) 8-4, 9-1
Natasha Russell (New Zealand) beat Larissa Rubin (Switzerland) 9-2, 8-5
Eilidh Weir (Scotland) beat Emma Baggio (France) 4-4, 5-4

Ladies Singles – Group G
The qualifiers are known in Group G with defending champion Nicole Rogers (England) and Lara Reaney (Ireland) securing the two places.

Nicole and Lara meet on Thursday morning with the winner of the match between them deciding the overall group winner.

Iezar Mahmood withdrew from the competition on Wednesday and as a result her opponents she had still to play were awarded 2 points and plus 42 shots which was the average number of shots win for Iezar’s first two matches.

Lara Reaney (Ireland) beat Leung Seen Wah (Hong Kong) 6-6, 10-5
Nicole Rogers (England) beat Catherine Snell (Guernsey) 7-2, 7-3
Catherine Snell (Guernsey) beat Iezar Mahmood (Pakistan): Walkover as Pakistan player withdrew from the event. Catherine given 2 points and an average shots win of plus 42 shots.
Nicole Rogers (England) beat Leung Seen Wah (Hong Kong) 10-3, 9-1

Ladies Singles – Group H
Jessica Srisamruaybai (Australia) still leads the way in Group H but a defeat in her second match of the day to Emma Boyd (Canada) has cast some doubt on the qualifying positions.

Jessica has finished her four matches and has 6 points. Emma has four points as to does Rebecca Houston (Scotland). The final matches see Rebecca play Lowri Powell from Wales and Emma play Shira Eshel. If Emma and Rebecca both win then the three players on 6 points will be decided on shot difference. If both Emma and Rebecca lose then they will be joined with Lowri on four points looking at shot difference for the last quarter final place.

Lowri Powell (Wales) beat Shira Eshel (Israel) 8-4, 8-2
Jessica Srisamruaybai (Australia) beat Rebecca Houston (Scotland) 9-7, 13-2
Emma Boyd (Canada) beat Jessica Srisamruaybai (Australia) 6-6-, 6-6, 1-0
Rebecca Houston beat Shirs Eshel (Israel) 8-8, 11-1

Mixed Pairs – Semi Finals
The final session of play on Wednesday saw two outstanding Mixed Pairs semi finals.

The Tongan / Welsh duo of Paris Baker and Jordan Driscoll took on the Australia team of Jessica Srisamruaybai and Mason Lewis.

Paris and Jordan made a great start to the first set and led 6-0 and 8-4 before the Aussie pair fought back and secured two doubles to tie the set at 8 shots all.

Jessica and Mason looked to be in control of the second set building up a 5-0 lead before Paris and Jordan scored on the next four end to lead 7 shots to 5.

In the eight end Mason played a brilliant last bowl to secure a two for Australia to tie the set at 7 shots all with one end to play.

The final end saw Australia lie the shot throughout until the very last bowl from Jordan drew in on the back hand side to lie less than a foot away from the jack and take Paris and Jordan to the Gold Medal match.

The other semi final between Zoe Minish (Ireland) and Eilidh Weir and John Meikle (Scotland) was equally dramatic.

Eilidh and John made most of the running in the first set and converted a 5-2 lead into a 10-4 final set score.

The second set saw the Irish pair play some great bowls to open up a 8-1 lead and although the Scots fought back winning four of the last five ends they finished on the wrong end of a 8-6 scoreline.

The tiebreak was its usual tense and dramatic conclusion to the game.

Eilidh lay after the first five bowls of the end had been played. Adam then played a fore hand bowl around the front shot bowl and moved the jack to lie shot around 8 inches from the jack.

John elected to play slightly over the weight on the forehand hoping to catch a Scottish bowl or reach the shot bowl. He was higher than intended and moved Eilidh’s wider bowl into the head and luckily lay shot.

This meant Adam faced match against him with one bowl to come. And he played an inch perfect back hand timer to turn the Scottish bowl out of the head and to spark jubilation in the Irish camp.

The semi finals were live streamed using Facebook Live through the IIBC Facebook page and the final of the Mixed Pairs will also be streamed at 5.30pm on Thursday.

Paris Baker (Tonga) and Jordan Driscoll (Wales) beat Jessica Srisamruaybai and Mason Lewis 8-8, 8-7

Zoe Minish and Adam McKeown (Ireland) beat Eilidh Weir and John Meikle (Scotland) 4-10, 8-6, 1-0

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