1979 World Indoor Bowls Championship

Squash championship held in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire

World Indoor Championships 1979

1st World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location|  Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Date(s)| 10 January - 14 January 1979.
Category| World Indoor Championships

1980 ->

The 1979 W.D. & H.O. Wills World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 10 to 14 January 1979.[1][2][3]

The championship was a men's singles event in which David Bryant won his first title defeating Jim Donnelly 21-14 after a final that lasted 23 ends.[4] The event was organised by the Monklands District Council with two round robin groups of five players. It was sponsored by tobacco industrialists W.D. & H.O. Wills.[1]

## Draw and results

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### Group stages

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#### Section A

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* David Bryant P4 W4
* Jim Donnelly P4 W3
* Errol Bungey P4 W2
* Tony Dunton P4 W1
* Bill Farrell P4 W0

Player 1  | Player 2  | Score

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Bryant | Farrell | 21-13
Bryant | Bungey | 21-13
Bryant | Dunton | 21-15
Bryant | Donnelly | 21-18
Donnelly | Farrell | 21-9
Donnelly | Bungey | 21-14
Donnelly | Dunton | 21-18
Bungey | Dunton | 21-19
Bungey | Farrell | 21-6
Dunton | Farrell | 21-15

#### Section B

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* Gwyn Evans P4 W4
* Jim Blake P4 W2
* Eric Liddell P4 W2
* Bruce Matheson P4 W2
* George Alley P4 W0

Player 1  | Player 2  | Score

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Evans | Blake | 21-13
Evans | Liddell | 21-16
Evans | Matheson | 21-17
Evans | Alley | 21-8
Liddell | Blake | 21-18
Blake | Matheson | 21-11
Blake | Alley | 21-4
Matheson | Liddell | 21-11
Liddell | Alley | 21-16
Matheson | Alley | 21-15

### Medal round

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| Semi-finals| | Gold medal match

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|  David Bryant| 21

|  Jim Blake | 17 |

|  David Bryant| 21

| |  Jim Donnelly | 14

|  Jim Donnelly | 21

|  Gwyn Evans | 15 |

| Third place

|  Jim Blake | 10

|  Gwyn Evans | 9

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Google news archives". Glasgow Herald.
2. ^ "Scot gets off to flying start". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 11 January 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 12 February 2021 - via The British Newspaper Archive.
3. ^ "Setback for Blake's bid". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 12 January 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 12 February 2021 - via The British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ "David Bryant CBE". Somerset Bowls.

## External links

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* Official website

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