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Prince Nelounde, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, took the tricky triples gold, overcoming world champion trios as they strode to glory.

The SA team was:

Men: Billy Radloff (Gold trips), Prince Neluonde (Gold trips), Jason Evans (Gold trips) Wayne Ri�muller, Pierre Breitenbach – the last two missing out on medals literally by measures.

Women: Colleen Piketh, (Gold pairs), Nici Neal (Gold pairs, Silver fours), Anneke Snyman (Silver fours, Bronze trips), Esmé Kruger (Silver fours, Bronze trips), Jacqui Janse van Rensburg (Silver fours, Bronze trips);

Alan Simmonds - Media Officer

The Protea players selected for the Atlan�c Championships were carefully considered. It can be said without argument, each played their role and superbly.

Billy Radloff, back in from the cold, underlined his enormous talent and with the go-to-man Jason Evans, the SA Masters double champion and silky

In the end, two gold medals, a silver, a bronze, four sec�onal fourth places and a fi�h (actually �ed third, but beaten on shot difference for a play-off) may be described only as magnificent against 24 of the top bowling na�ons on the Atlan�c seaboard.

The South African women Proteas won overall gold – a truly outstanding effort; the men, in my view desperately unlucky not to have done be�er ended fourth overall. Our sides ensured South Africa qualified for all eight disciplines at World Bowls in Australia next year.

It has also to be remembered that the team was unse�led by the tragic death of Elma Davis. The unflappable Nici Neal stepped in at the 11th hour and deservedly won a glorious gold medal in the pairs with Colleen Piketh, a feat reminiscent of when Pierre Breitenbach flew out to Glasgow to replace an injured Rudi Jacobs and went on to take a gold.

For Breitenbach (singles) and Ri�muller (fours and pairs), no medal must s�ng; they were worth at least one; their efforts did not go unno�ced.

In the women’s fours, Scotland proved one hurdle to far for magnificent promoted skip Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Nici Neal, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg, but a silver medal has never shone brighter; too boot, Snyman, Neal and Van Rensburg earned bronze in the triples.

Facili�es, administra�on and weather all played their parts in the event held at four clubs around

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GOLDEN BOYS: Trips skip Billy Radloff, lead Prince Neluonde, middle-man Jason Evans

SILVER GLORY: Anneke, Jacqui, Nici, Esmé – well done!

SOLID STUFF: Pierre Breitenbach “robbed” of play-off with Wayne

UNLUCKY: Wayne Ri�muller, lead in pairs; pipped from play-off spot

Credit also goes to other African na�ons compe�ng.

Namibia, with a mere seven clubs from which to choose players in total, did the impossible and will compete in all World Bowls’ men’s and women’s disciplines – unbelievable. Zimbabwe’s women brilliantly made their four events, their men pairs and fours.

Cardiff, Wales reports indicate the event was a complete success.

It is not easy for the club bowler, social or

Other African qualifiers were: Men: Singles: Botswana, Kenya; Pairs: Botswana, Fours, Kenya, Botswana. Women: Singles: Kenya; Triples: Kenya, Zambia; Fours: Zimbabwe, Kenya.

Silver medallist in the women’s fours Esmé Kruger summed it up with this warm message on

compe��ve to realise the quantum leap from being na�onal to an interna�onal player – far greater than, say, from club to na�onal. Two solid non-stop weeks of concentra�on and effort – always against willing and able opponents is a Herculean task.

One of the all-�me biggest upset in major tournament play was provided by �ny Kenya at the Dinas Powys green, where the combina�on Benson Wambugu and Joseph Kitosi saw off Sco�sh stars Alex Marshall and Paul Foster – arguably the best of all-�me - 20-15 in Round 2.

Alan Simmonds, Media Officer, Bowls SA

So much for the appella�on “minnows” - when Kenya, Botswana, Isle of Man and Malta occupied the top four places in Sec�on 2 of the men's pairs – heady stuff.

South Africa's Proteas were thereabouts.

Colleen Piketh won her first singles match 21-3, then slumped, uncharacteris�cally to a 21-16 defeat at the hands of Israel’s star player Ru� Gilor, o�en a visitor the republic.

In the women's fours Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Nici Neal, Jacqui Van Rensburg found Kenya a handful and eked an 11-11 peel, before thrashing Guernsey.

The Protea men's pairs of Pierre Breitenbach and Wayne Ri�muller easily defeated Brazil's duo, then probably disappoin�ngly went down tamely to Zimbabwe.

In the triples, Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde, began by clobbering Turkey, then fought hard to earn a peel with Jersey.

But Piketh, champion that she is rallied to beat Lucy Beere – o�en her nemesis at world championships; downing the Guernsey player 21-18 in a thriller.

The sun shone on African players in Cardiff on the opening day of the Atlan�c Championships in Wales.

Youthful Welsh champions Ross Owen and Dan Salmon were upset by Malta's Mark Malogorski and Brendan Aquilina; Turkey's Ozkan Akar and Vuslat Arac sent shockwaves everywhere with their defeat of the highly-fancied England duo of Steve Mitchinson and Jamie Walker.

Spearheading the rush was Colleen Piketh, now topping her sec�on, but no quarter was offered by the women’s fours – Anneke Snyman, Esme Kruger, Nici Neal, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg who are also log leaders.

It was an entertaining day of interna�onal ba�le on

sport’s most-level playing field at four clubs around the

Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth

Windsor and HQ, Penylan and the first day surprises

con�nued with seemingly invincible English trio of Ian

Pierre Breitenbach and Wayne Ri�muller won three matches to creep in behind the leaders; the men’s triples of Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde had one match and won to lie second in their sec�on with a game in hand a�er their bye.

Eight from eight – that was the superb tally from the men and women on day two of the Atlan�c Bowls Championships in Cardiff.

DAY 1 - PROTEAS & AFRICA BEGIN WELL ON DAY OF ATLANTIC UPSETS

Facebook: “ I would like to take this opportunity to thank my teammates Anneke Snyman, Nici Neal, Jackie (sic) Jacqui van Rensburg and Colleen Webb Piketh for a fantas�c and unforge�able Atlan�c Championship 2019. To our head coacg Jessica Henderson and assistant coaches Susan Nel & Rudi Jacobs, thank you for all your hard work and assistance every day.

Bowls, par�cularly, spawns armchair cri�cs, eager to pon�ficate over a �pple of how they would have selected a side. This �me and not for the first, the selectors got it spot on and the South African Bowls Associa�on authori�es responsible, headed by an able president in Rob Forbes, must be congratulated.

LOG: SCO 9 points +40 shots, ENG 9 +24, WAL 3 +20, BOT 3 +11, CYP 3 +4, FRA 3 +2, NED 3 +1, MLT 3 -38, IOM 0 -17, TUR 0 -47.

RD.2: KEN bt IOM (Marcia Pearson, Karen Slack, Bernice McGreal, Janice Pilling) 19-13, SCO bt NED 20-9, RSA bt GUE 34-4, MLT bt TUR 16-9.

The England trio of Ian Lesley, David Bolt and Sam Tolchard sent a stern message to all the men's triples at Penylan, comple�ng the day’s schedule unbeaten and 49-shots up.

LOG: WAL 6 points +29 shots, ISR 6 +25, ENG 6 +22, IRE 3 +23, JER 3 +4, ZIM 0 -7, ARG 0 -25, SUI 0 -29, ESP 0 -42.

SECTION 2: RD.1: WAL (Sara Marie Nicholls) bt MLT (Sharon Callus) 21-0, ENG (Natalie Chestney) bt BOT (Marea Modutlwa) 21-12, SCO (Caroline Brown) bt FRA (Cindy Royet) 21-6, CYP (Hazel Bagshaw) bt TUR (Eylem Carcabuk) w/o 21-6.

RD.2: IRE (Courtney Wright) bt NAM 21-12, BRA bt SUI 21-13, GUE bt ESP 21-3, ZIM bt JER 21-10, ISR bt RSA 21-16.

RD.2: IRE (Gemma McClean, Ashleigh Rainey, Shauna O'Neill, Sarah-Jane Curran) bt ESP 31-8, ISR bt SUI 24-5, WAL bt ARG 28-9, ENG bt JER 26-11.

SECTION 1: RD.1: SCO (Hannah Smith, Stacey McDougall, Megan Grantham, Claire Johnston) bt MLT (Rita Hedges, Rose Rixon, Rebecca Rixon, Connie Rixon) 23-3, NED (Elly Dolieslager, Be�y Schiltman, Ineke Nagtegaal, Norma Duin) bt TUR (Havva Konanc, Ceyda Arac, Filiz Adiguzel, Rahsan Akar) 19-8, NAM (Anjuleen Viljoen, Elzaan De Vries, Amanda Steenkamp, Diana Viljoen) bt GUE (Rose Ogier, Jackie Nicolle, Lyn Small, Gwen De La Mare) 19-12, KEN (Grace Njuguna, Susan Wambugu, Fridah Mwangi, Sophy Kihuyu) peeled RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman) 11-11.

LOG: ISR 9 points +29 shots, GUE 6 +31, RSA 6 +16, IRE 6 +16, ZIM 6 +16, NAM 3 +2, JER 3 -5, BRA 3 -19, SUI 3 -21, ARG 0 -29, ESP 0 -36.

WOMEN’S SINGLES:

RD.3: FRA bt TUR 21-4, ENG bt WAL 21-20, SCO bt NED 21-7, MLT bt IOM 21-18.

RD.2: ENG bt IOM (Pam Makin) 21-7, NED (Saskia Scha�) bt TUR w/o 21-6, BOT bt MLT 21-1, SCO bt CYP 21-10.

WOMEN’S FOURS:

LOG: SCO 6 points +31 shots, RSA 4 +30, KEN 4 +6, NAM 3 +7, NED 3 Sq, MLT 3 -13, IOM 0 -6, TUR 0 -18, GUE 0 -37.SECTION 2: RD.1: JER (Ethel Southern, Lorraine Bowman, Jean Holmes, Fiona Archibald) bt ESP (Debbie Colquhoun, Lynne Eldon, Gillian Atkinson, Jenny Thompson) 22-3, WAL (Melanie Thomas, Bethan Russ, Ysie White, Anwen Bu�en) bt SUI (Noelle Iseli, Caroline Lehmann, Simone Kunz, Simone Iseli) 19-9, ENG (Jamie-Lea Winch, Rebecca Wigfield, Lorraine Kuhler, Sian Honnor) bt ZIM (Allyson Dale, Melanie James, Heather Singleton, Kerry Craven) 16-9, ISR (Shira Eshel, Irit Grencel, Edna Bomberg, Tami Kamzel) bt ARG (Sara Jaimez, Celia Nunez, Ana Ramos, Gabriela Villamarin) 13-7.

SECTION 1: RD.1: RSA (Colleen Piketh) bt SUI (Larissa Rubin) 21-3, GUE (Lucy Beere) bt BRA (Fernanda Spelta) 21-5, ISR (Ru� Gilor) bt ESP (Maggie Holmes) 21-8, JER (Chloe Greechan) bt ARG (Marta Gesualto) 21-8, ZIM (Caryn Sinclair) bt NAM (Bianca Lewis) 21-16

RD.3: ISR bt BRA 21-10, RSA bt GUE 21-18, IRE bt JER 21-14, NAM bt ARG 21-5, SUI bt ESP 21-16.

WOMEN’S SINGLES:SECTION 1: RD.4: IRE bt SUI 21-15, ISR bt ZIM 21-14, JER bt ESP 21-

18, GUE bt ARG 21-7, RSA (Colleen Piketh) bt NAM (Bianca Lewis)

21-8.

The Welsh singles representa�ve Sara Marie Nicholls,

won a second match 21-0 victory – a most unusual

occurrence at this level.

SECTION 2: RD.4: NED bt MLT 21-7, ENG bt FRA 21-19, WAL bt TUR

21-0, SCO bt IOM 21-6

Teams have seven more rounds in which to stake their

claims for medals and, importantly, qualifica�on into

next year's world championships on Australia's Gold

Coast.

RD.5: WAL bt CYP 21-6, NED bt BOT 21-19, MLT bt TUR 21-0, FRA bt

IOM 21-10.

RD.5: IRE bt BRA 21-8, ARG bt ESP 19-13, JER bt ISR 19-17, RSA bt ZIM

21-13, NAM bt SUI 21-8.

Log: SCOTLAND 12 points +55 shots, ENG 12 +26, WAL 9 +56, NED 9

+17, FRA 6 +11, MLT 6 -31, BOT 3 +9, CYP 3 -11, IOM 0 -

Lesley, David Bolt and Sam Tolchard, toppled 18-11 by

giant killers Ricardo Rubinat, Jorge Barreto and Raul

Pollet from Argen�na.

LOG: RSA 12 points +37 shots, IRE 12 +35, ISR 12 +34, GUE 9 +45, JER

9 Sq, NAM 6 +2, ZIM 6 +1, BRA 3 -32, ARG 3 -37, SUI 3 -40, ESP 0 -45.

SEC.1: RD.1: RSA (Wayne Ri�muller, Pierre Breitenbach, skip) bt BRA (Joao Correa, Peter Gordon) 28-8, IRE (Aaron Tennant, Mark Wilson) bt ARG (Rodolfo Muller, Jose Riveros) 21-8, NAM (John Fouche, Cabous Olivier) bt ZIM (Elliah Mbulawa, Denis Streak) 18-14, ESP (Tom Rogers, Graham Cathcart) bt JAM (Mar�n Edwards, Mervyn Edwards) 17-13, TUR (Vuslat Arac, Ozkan Akar) bt ENG (Steve Mitchinson, Jamie Walker) 16-12.

SECTION 2: RD.1: KEN (Benson Wambugu, Joseph Kitosi) bt CYP (Neal O'Neill, Mar�n McMillan) 32-8, JER (Derek Boswell, Ross Davis) bt CZE (Jan Letal, Karel Sturm) 28-6, SCO (Paul Foster, Alex Marshall) bt FRA (Guillaume Hertzog, Virgile Machado) 27-6, IOM (Clive McGreal, Mark McGreal) bt NED (Jan Dolieslager, Frank De Vries) 26-18, BOT (John Gaborutwe, Remmy Kebaptse) bt ISR (Daniel Alonim, Zvika Hadar) 19-16, MLT (Mark Malogorski, Brendan Aquilina) bt WAL (Ross Owen, Dan Salmon) 19-18.RD.2: MLT bt FRA 20-10, BOT bt CZE 29-10, KEN bt SCO 20-15, ISR bt NED 18-16, IOM bt JER 16-12, WAL bt CYP 36-6.

MEN'S PAIRS:

LOG: IRE 9 points +30 shots, NAM 9 +10, ENG 6 +29, ESP 6 +14, ZIM 6 +9, RSA 3 +12, GUE 3 +4, TUR 3 -2, JAM 0 -22, ARG 0 -27, SUI 0 -27, BRA 0 -30.

LOG: KENYA 6 points +29 shots, BOT 6 +22, IOM 6 +12, MLT 6 +11, WAL 3 +29, JER 3 +18, SCO 3 +16, ISR 3 -1, NED 0 -10, FRA 0 -31, CZE 0 -41, CYP 0 -54.

MEN’S TRIPLES:SECTION 1: RD.1: IRE (Adam McKeown, Neil Mulholland, Anpeeled Kyle) bt CZE (Jindrich Svaton, Vitezslav Svaton, Libor Svaton) 36-6, SCO (Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Darren Burne�) bt FRA (Maxime Faure, David Ducote, Amaury Dumont) 24-6, BRA (Gilberto Gelbrand, Heitor Correa, Keith Rowland) bt ESP (John Pooley, Brian Manser, Derek Eldon) 23-8, ZIM (Myles Hopper, Mike Eaton, Clive Robertson) bt MLT (Peter Tonna, Wes Hedges, Len Callus) 19-15, CYP (Bob Manson, Colin Hall, Sco� Ferguson) bt KEN (David Salmon, Charles Wambugu, Anpeeled Jones) 18-15.

RD.2: ENG bt SUI (Thomas Schneiter, Beat Ma�) 28-13, ZIM bt GUE (Ma� Solway, Ma� Le Ber) 18-13, IRE bt TUR 17-12, NAM bt ARG 17-12, ESP bt BRA 20-10.RD.3: IRE bt SUI 25-13, NAM bt TUR 19-18, ENG bt JAM 26-8, ZIM bt RSA 20-12.

LOG: IRE 6 points +44 shots, BRA 6 +29, SCO 6 +25, NAM 3 +13, KEN 3 +3, ZIM 3 -9, CYP 3 -11, MLT 0 -11, FRA 0 -18, ESP 0 -21, CZE 0 -44.

LOG: ENGLAND 6 points +49 shots, RSA 4 +22, JER 4 +5, WAL 3 +25, BOT 3 +7, GUE 3 +3, ARG 0 -5, ISR 0 -17, SUI 0 -42, TUR 0 -47.

SECTION 2: RD.1: GUE (Terry Brokenshire, Mick Ogier, Chris Dyer) bt ISR (Selwyn Hare, Allan Saitowitz, Danny Slodownik) 16-13, RSA (Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) bt TUR (Huseyin Tukenmez, Ozgur Ozturk, Serkan Akar) 32-10, ENG (Ian Lesley, David Bolt, Sam Tolchard) bt SUI (Sven Rubin, Thomas Wal�, Ulrich Hausler) 37-2, JER (Greg Davis, Sco� Ruderham, Malcolm De Sousa) bt ARG (Ricardo Rubinat, Jorge Barreto, Raul Pollet) 20-15.

RD.2: NAM (Piet Appolis, Johan Jacobs, Will Esterhuizen) bt ZIM 21-8, BRA bt CZE 21-7, SCO bt MLT 19-12, IRE bt CYP 23-9, KEN bt ESP 19-13.

RD.2: WAL (Ben Thomas, Stephen Harris, Jon Tomlinson) bt TUR 28-3, BOT (Ajit Naik, Baven Balendra, Binesh Desai) bt SUI 21-14, JER peeled RSA 13-13, ENG bt ISR 23-9.

WOMEN’S FOURS:SECTION 1: RD.3: SCO bt IOM 16-12, KEN bt MLT 17-7, NAM bt TUR

18-9, RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke

Snyman, skip) bt NED (Elly Dolieslager, Be�y Schiltman, Ineke

Nagtegaal, Norma Duin) 17-12.RD.4: GUE bt TUR 23-4, RSA bt IOM 27-4, KEN bt SCO 21-20, MLT bt NAM 16-13.LOG: RSA 10 points +58 shots, KEN 10 +17, SCO 9 +34, NAM 6 +13, MLT 6 -20, NED 3 -5, GUE 1 -18, IOM 0 -33, TUR 0 -46.

RD.4: ZIM bt WAL 16-12, JER bt ISR 10-6, ARG bt IRE 16-14, SUI bt ESP 19-14.LOG: ENGLAND 9 points +43 shots, ISR 9 +41, JER 9 +14, WAL 6 +25, ZIM 6 +23, IRE 3 +15, ARG 3 -44, SUI 3 -50, ESP 0 -67.

MEN’S PAIRS:

RD.5: RSA bt TUR 19-9, ARG bt ESP 16-13, IRE bt BRA 27-10, GUE bt SUI 20-7, NAM bt JAM 28-14.

SECTION 1: RD.4: GUE bt TUR 17-11, IRE bt JAM 32-4, ENG bt BRA 24-9, NAM bt SUI 39-11, ESP bt ZIM 18-16, RSA (Wayne Ri�muller, Pierre Breitenbach, skip) bt ARG (Rodolfo Muller, Jose Riveros) 19-10.

RD.6: NAM bt BRA 26-11, ENG bt ZIM 19-14, RSA bt SUI 26-9, GUE bt JAM 18-14, ESP bt TUR 21-17.

SECTION 2: RD.3: ENG bt ARG 26-5, JER bt IRE 15-9, ISR bt ESP 26-6, ZIM bt SUI 31-5.

LOG: NAMIBIA 18 points +67 shots, IRE 15 +75, ENG 12 +49, RSA 12 +47, GUE 12 +27, ESP 12 +17, ZIM 6 +2, TUR 3 -21, ARG 3 -33, JAM 0 -68, SUI 0 -85.SECTION 2: RD.3: NED bt CZE 42-5, MLT bt KEN 24-17, IOM bt BOT 17-11, FRA bt CYP 24-16, SCO bt WAL 19-11, ISR bt JER 18-10.

DAY 2 - GLORIOUS 8 FROM 8 WINS FOR PROTEAS

RD.4: NED bt WAL 16-14, IOM bt CYP 28-3, JER bt KEN 24-11, MLT bt ISR 17-14, BOT bt FRA 23-13, SCO bt CZE 31-11.

RD.4: ESP bt MLT 19-17, ZIM bt KEN 17-13, FRA bt CZE 24-7, NAM bt

LOG: ISLE OF MAN 12 points +43 shots, MLT 12 +21, SCO 9 -44, BOT 9 +26, NED 6 +29, JER 6 +23, KEN 6 +9, ISR 6 +4, WAL 3 +19, FRA 3 -33, CYP 0 -87, CZE 0 -98.

SECTION 1: RD.3: CYP bt BRA 20-10, ZIM bt FRA 16-11, KEN bt CZE 26-7, SCO bt NAM 20-12, IRE bt ESP 19-12.

MENS TRIPLES

LOG: SCOTLAND 12 points +50 shots, IRE 9 +51, KEN 6 +18, NAM 6 +7, BRA 6 +2, CYP 6 -3, ZIM 6 -8, MLT 3 -5, FRA 3 -6, ESP 3 -26, CZE 0 -80.

RD.4: ARG bt ENG 18-11, RSA (Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) bt GUE 18-12, JER bt ISR 17-14, WAL bt BOT 27-11.

CYP 20-18, SCO bt BRA 24-7.

SECTION 2: RD.3: ARG bt TUR 29-6, ISR bt BOT 16-11, JER bt WAL 13-12, GUE bt SUI 30-9.

LOG: JERSEY 10 points +9 shots, RSA 7 +28, ENG 6 +42, WAL 6 +40, ARG 6 +25, GUE 6 +18, BOT 3 -14, ISR 3 -15, SUI 0 -63, TUR 0 -70. SA WOMEN’S FOURS: Against Namibia

SA MEN’S TRIPS: Against Namibia

Prince Neluonde

DAY 3 - PROTEAS ALL SET FOR ATLANTIC PLAY-OFFS

Several power teams flexed their muscles, with the potent England women’s four of Jamie-Lea Winch, Rebecca Wigfield, Lorraine Kuhler and Sian Honnor also in world class form, while Scotland's Foster/Marshall pairs combo assumed its righ�ul place at the top of their sec�on.

South Africa’s Protea women are on a mission at the 2019 Atlan�c Championships in Cardiff, Wales.

The fours side of Anneke Snyman, Esme Kruger, Nici Neal, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg and singles star Colleen Piketh topped their respec�ve sec�ons a�er winning all their matches yesterday and need now to hold on to make the play-offs against most of the world’s best.

In the blue ribbon women’s singles, Sec�on 1 is set for a ba�le royale, with Piketh holding Guernsey’s Lucy Bee’e, Ru� Gilor from Israel and Ireland’s Courtney Wright at bay, while the corresponding sec�on offers seduc�ve scenarios with Scotland’s Caroline Brown, Sarah Marie Nicholls from Wales and England’s Natalie Chestney on equal point in the run home.

The event features 25 bowling na�ons from the European, African and South American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and championship headquarters Penylan.

The SA men’s duo of Pierre Breitenbach/Wayne

SECTION 1: RD.5: RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman, skip) bt TUR 23-8, GUE bt KEN 18-5, NED bt IOM 23-12, SCO bt NAM 15-8.

LOG: SCOTLAND 15 points +76 shots, WAL 15 +69, ENG 15 +41, FRA 12 +31, NED 12 +18, MLT 9 -27, BOT 6 +21, CYP 3 -40, IOM 0 -60, TUR 0 -129.

SECTION 2: RD.6: FRA bt NED 21-16, SCO bt TUR 21-0, WAL bt IOM 21-10, MLT bt ENG 21-17, BOT bt CYP 21-7.

WOMEN’S SINGLES:SECTION 1: RD.6: GUE bt SUI 21-4, RSA (Colleen Piketh) bt ESP (Maggie Holmes) 21-9, NAM bt JER 21-16, ZIM bt BRA 21-5, IRE bt ARG 21-12.

Ritmuller lie just off the pace, as do the triples of Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde – both are in good form look set to make the cut.

RD.7: ISR bt SUI 21-6, ESP bt IRE 21-20, GUE bt NAM 21-8, RSA bt BRA 21-6, ZIM bt ARG 21-8.LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 18 points +64 shots, GUE 15 +75, ISR 15 +49, IRE 15 +43, ZIM 12 +30, JER 9 -5, NAM 9 -6, ESP 3 -56, ARG 3 -59, BRA 3 -63, SUI 3 -72.

RD.7: FRA bt CYP 21-6, WAL bt BOT 21-19, NED bt IOM 21-15, ENG bt TUR 21-2.

WOMEN’S FOURS:

RD.6: MLT bt IOM 20-6, KEN bt NED 22-6, SCO bt GUE 14-10, RSA bt

SECTION 2: RD.5: ENG bt ISR 17-11, JER bt ZIM 18-10, IRE bt SUI 20-8, WAL bt ESP 24-10.RD.6: ISR bt IRE 18-10, ZIM bt ARG 16-9, WAL bt JER 15-12, ENG bt ESP 27-10.

LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 16 points +92 shots, SCO 15 +45, KEN 13 +20, MLT 9 -6, GUE 6 -9, NED 6 -10, NAM 6 -14, IOM 0 -58, TUR 0 -60.

LOG: ENGLAND 15 points +66 shots, ISR 12 +43, WAL 12 +42, JER 12 +19, ZIM 9 +22, IRE 6 +19, ARG 3 -51, SUI 3 -62, ESP 0 -98.

MEN’S PAIRS:SECTION.1: RD.7: ENG bt IRE 17-16, GUE (Ma� Solway, Ma� Le Ber) bt RSA (Wayne Ri�muller, Pierre Breitenbach) 16-13, ZIM bt ARG 17-13, TUR bt SUI 19-11, BRA 24-7.RD.8: NAM bt GUE 18-14, IRE bt ESP 23-10, ZIM bt SUI 23-14, ARG bt JAM 18-13, RSA bt ENG 15-14.RD.9: IRE bt NAM 16-13, RSA bt ESP 18-11, GUE bt BRA 17-9, TUR bt ARG 16-14, JAM bt SUI 19-18.LOG: IRELAND 21 points +90 shots, NAM 21 +68, RSA 18 +52, GUE 18 +34, ENG 15 +49, ZIM 12 +15, ESP 12 -3, TUR 9 -11, ARG 6 -34, BRA 3 -68, JAM 3 -89, SUI 0 -103.SECTION 2: RD.5: FRA drew ISR 20-20, MLT bt NED 31-5, WAL bt IOM 12-9, KEN bt CZE 38-9, JER bt CYP 27-14, SCO bt BOT 27-11.RD.6: IOM bt FRA 17-10, WAL bt KEN 17-13, SCO bt MLT 21-14, ISR bt CZE 22-9, JER bt NED 24-7, BOT bt CYP 29-8.

NAM 24-4.

MEN’S TRIPLES:

RD.6: CYP bt ESP 22-12, IRE bt BRA 28-13, NAM bt MLT 19-12, ZIM bt CZE 35-5, FRA bt KEN 20-7.

SECTION 2: RD.5: JER bt GUE 25-5, WAL bt SUI 38-7, ARG bt ISR 20-10, BOT bt TUR 29-5.

SECTION 1: RD.5: SCO bt CZE 42-6, ZIM bt ESP 20-7, NAM bt KEN 20-8, FRA bt IRE 21-12, MLT bt BRA 24-15.

RD.6: RSA (Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) bt SUI 33-11, ENG bt BOT 29-7, WAL bt ARG 15-13, JER bt TUR 30-7.

LOG: SCOTLAND 15 points +67 shots, IOM 15 +47, MLT 15 +40, JER 12 +53, BOT 12 +31, ISR 10 +17, KEN 9 +34, WAL 9 +26, NED 6 -14, FRA 4 –40, CYP 0 -121, 0 -140.

LOG: SCOTLAND 15 points +86 shots, IRE 12 +57, ZIM 12 +35, NAM 12 +26, FRA 9 +16, CYP 9 +7, MLT 3 -3, KEN 6 -22, BRA 6 -22, ESP 3 -49, CZE 0 -146.

LOG: JERSEY 16 points +52 shots, WAL 12 +73, RSA 10 +50, ENG 9 +64, ARG 9 +33, GUE 6 -2, ISR 3 -25, SUI 0 -116, TUR 0 -117.

DAY 4 - PROTEAS SECURE FOUR WORLD CUP DISCIPLINE SPOTS

Anneke Snyman, 25, promoted to skip a�er tragic circumstance, has, it is reported, taken to the role with the adroitness of a seasoned veteran and lead her side in a manner that belies her tender years.

Play-off spots feature the top three in each sec�on; world cup spots for the top six na�ons.

Almost there for both SA’s men’s and women Proteas playing in the hurly burly of 2019 Atlan�c Bowls Championships. The SA women’s singles and fours see SAR on top of the standings in their preliminaries’ sec�ons; the men’s trips and pairs need one more great day and play-off glory is certainly theirs as well.

Good news is, however, our players have assured SA of qualifying in all four disciplines’ for the next World Bowls in Australia.

So far these Championships have featured twenty-five bowling na�ons from the European, African and South American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and HQ at Penylan.

It is at Penylan on Wednesday and Thursday that the top qualifiers for honours in each discipline will take their best shot at bowls immortality.

For Pierre Breitenbach/Wayne Ri�muller (pairs) and Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde, the la�er enjoying a brilliant three-match winning day, des�ny hovers.

But there can be no le�ng up for Colleen Piketh (singles), Anneke Snyman, Nici Neal, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg; the pack is howling at their heels.

LOGS: SCOTLAND 21 points +85, ENG 18 +55, FRA 18 +51, WAL 15 +52, NED 15 +35, BOT 12 +46, MLT 9 -39, CYP 3 -71, IOM 0 -77, TUR 0 -137.

WOMEN’S SINGLES:

RD.9: ESP bt BRA 21-8, ZIM bt IRE 21-10, RSA bt ARG 21-10, GUE bt ISR 21-20, SUI bt JER 21-19.

WOMEN’S FOURS

SECTION 1: RD.8: ISR bt IRE 21-19, NAM bt BRA 21-10, GUE bt ZIM 21-8, RSA (Colleen Piketh) bt JER (Chloe Greechan) 21-8, SUI bt ARG 21-11.

The South African quarte�e are overnight leaders in their sec�on, but face a strong Scotland line-up in the morning to decide the top two heading into the play-offs.

LOGS: SOUTH AFRICA 24 points +88 shots, GUE 21 +89, ISR 18 +50, IRE 15 +30, ZIM 15 +28, NAM 12 +5, JER 9 -20, SUI 9 -60, ESP 6 -43, ARG 3 -80, BRA 3 -87.SECTION 2: RD.8: ENG bt CYP 21-7, FRA bt MLT 21-14, SCO bt WAL 21-17, BOT bt TUR forfeit 21-13.

SECTION 1: RD.7: NAM bt KEN 20-8, GUE bt IOM 17-9, NED bt MLT 15-11, SCO bt TUR 19-6.

LOGS: SOUTH AFRICA 19 points +94 shots, SCO 18 +58, KEN 16 +11, NAM 12 +18, GUE 12 +8, MLT 9 -12, NED 9 -15, TUR 0 -76, IOM 0 -86.

RD.8: RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman, skip) bt MLT 14-12, GUE bt NED 16-7, KEN bt TUR 16-13, NAM bt IOM 28-8.

RD.9: NED bt CYP 21-4, BOT bt IOM 21-4, SCO bt MLT 21-16, FRA bt WAL 21-8.

Rd.8: ARG bt JER 13-11, ZIM bt ISR 15-13, WAL bt IRE 19-8, ENG bt SUI 26-13.

SECTION 2: RD.7: ZIM bt ESP 19-11, ARG bt SUI 22-8, WAL bt ISR 23-9, ENG drew IRE 12-12.

RD.11: ENG bt NAM 20-17, TUR drew BRA 13-13, ZIM bt JAM 29-7, ESP bt SUI 28-13, IRE bt RSA 26-13.

SECTION 1: RD.10: BRA bt ZIM 25-9, SUI bt ARG 18-17, RSA (Wayne Ri�muller, Pierre Breitenbach, skip) bt JAM (Mar�n Edwards, Mervyn Edwards) 19-8, ENG bt ESP 28-13, GUE bt IRE 23-12.

LOGS: ENGLAND 19 points +79 shots, WAL 18 +67, ZIM 15 +32, ISR 12 +27, JER 12 +17, ARG 9 -35, IRE 4 +8, SUI 3 -89, ESP 0 -106.

SECTION 2: RD.7: MLT bt CYP 27-8, JER bt BOT 15-11, IOM bt CZE 37-3, WAL bt FRA 20-11, SCO bt NED 23-15, KEN bt ISR 30-8.

MEN’S PAIRS

LOGS: IRELAND 24 points +92 shots, ENG 21 +67, NAM 21 +65, RSA 21 +50, GUE 21 +45, ZIM 15 +21, ESP 15 -3, TUR 10 -11, BRA 4 -11, ARG 6 -35, SUI 3 -117, JAM 3 -122.

LOGS: SCOTLAND 24 points +116 shots, MLT 22 +67, IOM 18 +67, WAL 18 +55, BOT 18 +36, JER 16 +52, ISR 16 +8, KEN 12 +39, NED 9 -12, FRA 7 -51, CYP 0 -180, CZE 0 -197.

RD.8: ZIM bt IRE 18-8, CYP bt FRA 25-14, MLT bt CZE 23-5, NAM bt

ESP 18-10, SCO bt KEN 37-3.

RD.9: SCO bt CYP 35-5, MLT drew JER 14-14, WAL bt CZE 30-15, BOT bt NED 19-16, ISR bt IOM 15-12, FRA bt KEN 22-11.

SECTION 2: RD.7: BOT bt GUE 27-5, RSA (Prince Neluonde, Jason

Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) bt ARG (Ricardo Rubinat, Jorge Barreto,

Raul Pollet) 16-13, WAL bt ISR 21-15, ENG bt TUR 31-11.

SECTION 1: Rd.7: SCO bt CYP 28-12, FRA bt NAM 19-18, ESP bt CZE

23-11, MLT bt IRE 20-16, KEN drew BRA 17-17.

LOG: SCOTLAND 24 points +139 shots, IRE 15 +69, ZIM 15 +42, NAM

15 +29, CYP 15 +26, MAL 13 +19, FRA 13 +6, BRA 10 -18, KEN 7 -67,

ESP 6 -45, CZE 0 -200.

RD.8: SCO bt IOM 21-10, NED bt FRA 20-7, BOT bt KEN 16-10, ISR bt CYP 24-14, WAL bt JER 20-15, MLT bt CZE 19-11.

RD.9: SCO bt ZIM 14-11, IRE bt KEN 33-7, CYP bt CZE 29-5, MLT drew

FRA 15-15, BRA bt NAM 16-12.

RD.8: TUR bt SUI 16-14, ARG bt BOT 19-18, WAL bt GUE 23-11, RSA

bt ENG 17-13.

LOG: JERSEY 19 points +73 shots, RSA 19 +58, WAL 18 +90, ENG 15

+109, ANG 12 +31, BOT 9 -12, ISR 6 -14, GUE 6 -65, TUR 3 -135, SUI 0

-135.

MEN’S TRIPLES

RD.9: JER bt BOT 32-11, RSA bt WAL 14-13, ENG bt GUE 33-4, ISR bt

SUI 29-12.

DAY 5 - NOW PROTEAS HUNT GOLD AT ATLANTIC CHAMPS

A�er five days of qualifying in two sec�ons in different disciplines, the Proteas won their women’s fours sec�on - Anneke Snyman, Esme Kruger, Nici Neal, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg – and the men's triples saw Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde win their sec�on; Colleen Piketh made the quarter-finals of the singles, defeated only on shot difference from top spot and an automa�c place in the semi-finals.

Today South Africa’s men and women Proteas will be involved in play-offs in various disciplines at the 2019 Atlan�c Championships which featuring 25 na�ons from the European, African and South American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and HQ, Penylan.

Today and tomorrow will see the elimina�on finals at Barry Athle�c and Dinas Powys, then the gold medal play-offs at HQ, Penylan.

The men’s pairs of Pierre Breitenbach and Wayne Ri�muller missed out on a play-off spot only on close shot difference a�er a magnificent show.

At Dinas Powys today, Scotland takes on England and Kenya plays Zimbabwe in women’s fours, winners to play South Africa and Wales respec�vely at Barry Athle�c at 2.30.

FINAL LOG: GUERNSEY 27 points +105 shots, RSA 27 +96, ISR 24 +71, ZIM 18 +33, IRE 15 +14, NAM 15 +4, JER 12 -18, SUI 12 -52, ESP 6 -57, BRA 6 -93, ARG 3 -103.

SECTION 1: RD.10: RSA (Colleen Piketh) bt IRE (Courtney Wright) 21-13, BRA bt ARG 21-17, ZIM bt ESP 21-8, GUE bt JER 21-13, ISR bt NAM 19-17.

SECTION 1: RD.9: RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman) bt SCO (Hannah Smith, Stacey McDougall, Megan

WOMEN’S SINGLES:

Conversely, Barry Athle�c will host England against Malta and Jersey versus Namibia in the men's triples, with winners pi�ed against Scotland and South Africa respec�vely at Dinas Powys in the a�ernoon.

RD.11: SUI bt ZIM 21-13, NAM bt ESP 21-20, ISR bt ARG 21-2, GUE bt IRE 21-13, JER bt BRA 21-11.

RD.11: CYP bt MLT 21-17, ENG bt NED 21-6, SCO bt BOT 21-15, IOM bt TUR forfeit 21-16.

WOMEN’S FOURS:

FINAL LOG: SCOTLAND 21 points +78 shots, ENG 21 +62, FRA 18 +42, NED 18 +37, BOT 15 +55, WAL 15 +50, MLT 9 -39, CYP 3 -72, IOM 3 -76, TUR 0 -137.

Sec�on 2: Rd.10: ENG bt SCO 21-14, IOM bt CYP 19-18, NED bt WAL 21-19, BOT bt FRA 21-12.

Similarly, Malta plays Ireland along with Jersey against Guernsey in men’s pairs at Dinas Powys first, the winners heading to Barry Athle�c in the a�ernoon to take on the mighty England and Scotland teams in the semis.

The blue ribbon women’s singles at Barry will see Natalie Chestney (England) meet Piketh and Cindy Royet (France) v Ru� Gilor (Israel. Winners playing Lucy Beere (Guernsey) and Caroline Brown (Scotland) respec�vely at Dinas Powys in the a�ernoon.

MEN’S PAIRS:

SECTION 2: RD.10: MLT drew BOT 17-17, NED bt CYP 18-12, IOM bt KEN 21-9, FRA bt CZE 19-12, JER bt SCO 16-15, WAL bt ISR 20-7.

FINAL LOG: ENGLAND 25 points +85 shots, GUE 25 +61, IRE 24 +87, NAM 24 +68, RSA 24 +60, ZIM 18 +23, TUR 16 Sq, ESP 15 -32, BRA 13 -30, ARG 6 -59, JAM 3 -130, SUI 3 -133.

FINAL LOG: SCOTLAND 27 points +123 shots, MLT 26 +72, JER 22 +73, WAL 22 +74, BOT 20 +36, ISR 16 -13, KEN 13 +27, NED 13 -6, FRA 10 -64, CYP 3 -164, CZE 0 -226.

MEN’S TRIPLES:

RD.11: NED drew KEN 16-16, SCO bt ISR 20-12, WAL drew BOT 15-15, JER bt FRA 27-7, CYP bt CZE 28-6, MLT bt IOM 18-13.

RD.11: NAM bt CZE 29-7, IRE bt SCO 14-12, MLT bt CYP 22-13, BRZ bt ZIM 19-16, ESP bt FRA 25-12.FINAL STANDINGS: SCOTLAND 27 points +152 shots, NAM 21 +54, MLT 19 +32, IRE 18 +68, CYP 18 +23, FRA 16 -5, ZIM 15 +33, BRA 13 -17, ESP 9 -47, KEN 7 -71, CZE 0 -222.SECTION 2: RD.10: ARG bt SUI 20-11, GUE bt TUR 25-10, ENG bt JER 23-14, RSA (Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff) bt ISR (Selwyn Hare, Allan Saitowitz, Danny Slodownik) 18-11.

Final log: WALES 21 points +74 shots, ENG 19 +72, ZIM 15 +30, JER 15 +24, ISR 12 +27, ARG 12 -27, IRE 10 +10, SUI 3 -96, ESP 0 -114.

RD.11: ENG bt WAL 20-13, RSA bt BOT 15-13, JER bt SUI 31-8, ARG bt GUE 16-10, ISR bt TUR 19-10.

SECTION 1: RD.10: SCO bt ESP 24-9, CYP bt ZIM 18-12, MLT bt KEN 19-15, NAM bt IRE 15-12, FRA bt BRA 13-11.

FINAL LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 25 points +67 shots, JER 22 +87, ENG 21 +125, WAL 18 +46, ARG 18 +46, ISR 9 -12, BOT 9 -14, GUE 9 -56, TUR 3 -159, SUI 0 -167.

Grantham, Claire Johnston) 15-10, NAM bt NED 22-13, IOM bt TUR 36-4, MLT bt GUE 21-12.FINAL LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 22 points +99 shots, SCO 18 +53, KEN 16 +11, NAM 15 +27, GUE 12 -1, MLT 12 -3, NED 9 -24, IOM 3 -54, TUR 0 -108.SECTION 2: RD.9: WAL bt ENG 16-9, ARG bt ESP 15-7, JER bt SUI 17-10, IRE bt ZIM 13-11.

SECTION 1: RD.12: RSA (Wayne Ri�muller, Pierre Breitenbach) bt NAM (John Fouche, Cabous Olivier) 20-10, ENG bt ARG 29-11, BRA bt SUI 23-7, TUR bt ZIM 14-11, GUE bt ESP 22-6.RD.13: ZIM bt IRE 17-12, TUR bt JAM 20-12, ENG drew GUE 14-14, NAM bt ESP 24-11, BRZ bt ARG 19-13.

DAY 6 - PROTEA WOMEN'S 4S; MEN’S TRIPLES, IN FINALSThe Protea women’s fours and men’s triples won through to the finals of their disciplines with some brilliant bowls at the Atlan�c Championships in Cardiff Wales. Colleen Piketh narrowly failed in her quarter-final match to proceed.

Scotland and South Africa will have two shots at gold – the 'Tartan Army' in the men’s triples and men’s pairs, the Proteas in women’ fours and men’s triples. Guernsey and Israel will fight out the women's singles, and Wales will take its shot in the women’s fours.

So, a�er yesterday’s no-nonsense elimina�on finals, eight teams will contest four finals today.

England’s lone chance of gold is in the men’s pairs where Steve Mitchinson and Jamie Walker take on the great Scots Paul Foster and Alex Marshall at 2pm. It’s a tough assignment for Walker and Mitchinson.

At the end of a tough first week featuring 25 countries from the European, African and South American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and HQ, Penylan – spectators have seen a feast provided by the best-creden�alled field.

WOMEN’S SINGLES:ELIMINATION FINALS: ENG (Natalie Chestney) bt RSA (Colleen Piketh) 21-19, ISR (Ru� Gilor) bt FRA (Cindy Royet) 21-15.

WOMEN’S FOURS:

SEMI-FINALS: GUE (Lucy Beere) bt ENG (Natalie Chestney) 21-20, ISR (Ru� Gilor) bt SCO (Caroline Brown) 21-7.

The Welsh quartet of experienced skip Anwen Bu�en and her three fresh-faced teammates Melanie Thomas, Bethan Russ and Ysie White will enjoy strong home crowd support, but the awesome Proteas foursome of Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Nici Neal, Jacqui Van Rensburg will give a very good account of themselves.

The blue riband women’s singles final features World Cup singles winner Lucy Beere, from Guernsey, who meets canny campaigner Ru� Gilor of Israel.

ELIMINATION FINALS: SCO (Hannah Smith, Stacey McDougall, Megan Grantham, Claire Johnston) bt ENG (Jamie-Lea Winch, Rebecca Wigfield, Lorraine Kuhler, Sian Honnor) 17-4, ZIM (Allyson Dale, Melanie James, Heather Singleton, Kerry Craven) bt KEN (Susan Wambugu, Grace Njuguna, Sophy Kihuyu, Esther Ndungu) 16-12.

The South African men’s trio of Billy Radloff, Jason Evans Prince Neluonde face a bruising encounter against the reigning Commonwealth Games triples gold medallists Darren Burne�, Derek Oliver, Derick Oliver, Darren Burne� of Scotland.

Also on the superb Penylan green is the women’s fours final, where the two best sides of the week will meet to decide the gold.

MEN’S PAIRS:

SEMI-FINALS: RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman, skip) bt SCO (Hannah Smith, Stacey McDougall, Megan Grantham, Claire Johnston) 17-10, WAL (Melanie Thomas, Bethan Russ, Ysie White, Anwen Bu�en) bt ZIM (Allyson Dale, Melanie James, Heather Singleton, Kerry Craven) 14-10.

ELIMINATION FINALS: MLT (Mark Malogorski, Brendan Aquilina) bt IRE (Aaron Tennant, Mark Wilson) 14-13, JER (Derek Boswell, Ross Davis) bt GUE (Ma� Solway, Ma� Le Ber) 14-10.SEMI-FINALS: ENG (Steve Mitchinson, Jamie Walker) bt MLT (Mark Malogorski, Brendan Aquilina) 21-18, SCO (Paul Foster, Alex Marshall) bt ER (Derek Boswell, Ross Davis) 15-14.

SEMI-FINALS: SCO (Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Darren Burne�) bt ENG (Ian Lesley, David Bolt, Sam Tolchard) 15-14, RSA (Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) bt NAM (Piet Appolis, Johan Jacobs, Willy Esterhuizen) 20-13.

MEN’S TRIPLES:ELIMINATION FINALS: ENG (Ian Lesley, David Bolt, Sam Tolchard) bt MLT (Peter Tonna, Wes Hedges, Len Callus) 25-9, NAM (Piet Appolis, Johan Jacobs, Willy Esterhuizen) bt JER (Greg Davis, Sco� Ruderham, Malcolm De Sousa) 14-12.

RSA vs SCO: Protea fours pose with Scotland ladies

DAY 7 - GOLD AND SILVER FOR CLASSY PROTEASGold in the men’s trips and silver in the women’s fours went to South Africa's Proteas at Cardiff's Penylan club, with Israel, England, Wales also going gold in the Atlan�c Championships.

Yesterday was the climax of the event’s first week – the past six days of the championships featured 25 countries from the European, African and South American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital. The reverse of this week’s programme of men’s pairs and triples along with women’s singles and fours gets under way today.

England’s Jamie Walker and Steve Mitchinson achieved

a great result at Penylan when they clinched the men’s

pairs gold medal, bea�ng Scots stars Alex Marshall and

Paul Foster in their 18-end final.

In the blue riband women’s singles gold medal match it

was experienced Ru� Gilor from Israel who prevailed

over pocket-sized Guernsey dynamo Lucy Beere,

winning 21-15 a�er 24 ends.

The first half of the 21 shots-up final was a dour affair

with scores peeled at 11-apiece a�er 14 ends. However,

the excitement level li�ed over the following 10 when

the 64-year-old Israeli star moved up a gear to claim the

points on eight ends adding 14 shots to four as she

powered to victory.

Earlier today the much-awaited men’s triples final saw a rejuvenated South African trio, under the astute guidance of hard man Billy Radloff, topple Scotland’s irrepressible Commonwealth Games champions Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver and Darren Burne�.

South Africa’s lead Prince Neluonde, the star of the show, never really allowed Duncan, his direct opponent, to se�le, while the Proteas middle pin Jason Evan overshadowed Derek Oliver.

Burne� and his men held a slender 7-5 lead at the halfway mark of the 18-end play-off, before the South Africans took control scoring 10 shots to two over the ensuing seven ends.

However, being six shots in arrears with two to play the proud Scots staged a rearguard ac�on collec�ng a four

DAY 8 - NOR WIND OR RAIN DAUNTS STUNNING PROTEAS

Yesterday (Friday) saw the reverse programme of men’s singles and fours, along with women’s pairs and triples, take to the pris�ne greens under threatening skies and occasional drizzle.

But it failed to dampen the enthusiasm and performance of a stellar field seeking personal success and precious metal this week, and, most paramount, na�onal qualifica�on for next year’s world championships in Australia.

The women's pairs saw Colleen Piketh and Nici Neal snare the �tle from Fran Davis and the late Linda Ryan represen�ng Cyprus, while Ireland's Erin Smith, Bernie O'Neill and Sandra Bailie struck gold against the Sco�sh trio of Lorraine Malloy, Stacey McDougall and Lorna Smith.

For the past seven days 25 na�ons from the European, African and South American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and HQ, Penylan – unearthed gold, silver and bronze medalists in women’s singles and fours, along with men's pairs and triples.

Some things stay the same. Walker and Burne� are compe�ng in Cardiff and could meet in a blockbuster singles play-off; Davis and Ruderham are in the Jersey four, likewise Scots Foster and Marshall are also here, each with two new partners.

South Africa’s Proteas’ stunning performance con�nued on Day 8 of the Atlan�c Championships, easily handling the first rain of the event and all opponents.

Piketh and Neal began their �tle defence in fine style and are undefeated, although there will be all new faces on the podium when the women's triples reaches its conclusion.

Four years ago these championships were presented in Cyprus at the picturesque Athena Beach Resort, where England's Jamie Walker beat Darren Burne� from Scotland in the men's singles final. In the men's fours the previously unheralded Jersey team of Greg Davis, Sco� Ruderham, Cyril Renouf and Gus Hodge�s outpointed Scotland's mighty quartet, Stewart Anderson, Neil Speirs, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall.

In the men's fours, Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ritmuller won their only game; Scotland's Foster and Marshall have banked two wins from two starts, and the Jersey boys have one apiece.

on the penul�mate end to be two down with one to play. But despite their best efforts, Burne�, Oliver and Duncan could only add one to concede their only defeat of the championships.

The Welsh faithful could be heard in the next county as their red army marched home with the women's fours crown.

Experienced skipper Anwen Bu�en and her rookie teammates Ysie White, Bethan Russ and Melanie

MEN'S FOURS:

MEN'S SINGLES:

Pierre Breitenbach won three in fine style in the men's singles as did Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg in the women's trips.

SECTION 1: RD.1: RSA (Pierre Breitenbach) bt JAM (Mervyn Edwards) 21-12, KEN (Joseph Kitosi) bt ARG (Jose Riveros) 21-8, ENG (Jamie Walker) bt NED (Frank De Vries) 21-10, JER (Ross Davis) bt FRA (Amaury Dumont) 21-11, IOM (Mark McGreal) bt WAL (Dan Salmon) 21-17.RD.2: BOT (Remmy Kebapetse) bt GUE (Ma� Le Ber) 21-19, WAL bt FRA 21-2, JER bt JAM 21-11, RSA bt KEN 21-5, NED bt ARG 21-16.

LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 9 points +32 shots, JER 9 +23, WAL 6 +25, ENG 6 +18, IOM 6 +6, BOT 3 -5, KEN 3 -6, NED 3 -13, GUE 0 -4, ARG 0 -18, JAM 0 -29, FRA 0 -29.SECTION 2: RD.1: ISR (Zvika Hadar) bt ZIM (Myles Hopper) 21-14, MLT (Brendan Aquilina) bt CYP (Bob Manson) 21-3, SCO (Darren Burne�) bt BRA (Joao Correa) 21-13, IRE (Adam McKeown) bt HUN (Zoltan Pavelka) 21-12, ESP (Tom Rogers) bt SUI (Thomas Wal�) 21-8, NAM (Cabous Olivier) bt TUR (Ozkan Akar) 21-18.

LOG: MALTA 6 points +26 shots, SCO 6 +24, ISR 6 +15, NAM 6 +13, IRE 6 +11, ESP 3 +3, SUI 3 -4, TUR 0 -5, BRA 0 -16, HUN 0 -18, ZIM 0 -23, CYP 0 -26.

RD.2: IRE bt TUR 21-19, SUI bt HUN 21-12, MLT bt BRA 21-13, NAM bt ESP 21-11, ISR bt CYP 21-13, SCO bt ZIM 21-5.

A special men�on to the Zambian women's triples team, Gertrude Siama, Sophie Ma�pa and Eddah Mpezeni, who arrived in a�er a marathon bureaucra�c and emo�onal rollercoaster ride to get here and compete in the championships. In their only match they prevailed by two shots against Botswana's Marea Modutlwa, Chikale Robert and Tibone Fox at Penarth Windsor.

SECTION 1: RD.1: NAM (John Fouche, Piet Appolis, Johan Jacobs, Will Esterhuizen) bt ISR (Daniel Alonim, Selwyn Hare, Danny Slodovnik, Allan Saitowitz) 19-9, ZIM (Mike Eaton, Clive Robertson, Tom Craven, Denis Streak) bt MLT (Peter Tonna, Wes Hedges, Mark Malogorski, Len Callus) 18-10, TUR (Huseyin Tukenmez, Ozgur Ozturk, Serkan Akar, Vuslat Arac) bt GUE (Terry Brokenshire, Ma� Solway, Mick Ogier, Chris Dyer) 13-9, JER (Derek Boswell, Greg Davis, Sco� Ruderham, Malcolm De Sousa) bt ARG (Ricardo Rubinat, Rodolfo Muller, Jorge Barreto, Raul Pollet) 16-11.

RD.3: ENG bt BOT 21-14, IOM bt GUE 21-19, WAL bt Jam 21-11, JER bt KEN 21-18, RSA bt NED 21-14.

SECTION 2: RD.1: BOT (Ajitkumar Naik, Baven Balendra, John Gaborutwe, Binesh Desai) bt ENG (Steve Mitchinson, Ian Lesley, David Bolt, Sam Tolchard) 17-11, IRE (Aaron Tennant, Neil Mulholland, Andrew Kyle, Mark Wilson) bt BRA (Francis Vila, Heitor Correa, Keith Rowland, Peter Gordon) 23-13, SCO (Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster, Alex Marshall) bt SUI (Sven Rubin, Ulrich Hausler, Beat Ma�, Thomas Schneiter) 23-6, KEN (David Salmon, Benson Wambugu, Charles Wambugu, Andrew Jones) bt ESP (John Pooley, Brian Manser, Derek Eldon, Graham Cathcart) 19-15.

LOG: IRELAND 6 points +28 shots, SCO 6 +23, ENG 3 +18 3 +, RSA, +14, BOT 3 +0, KEN 3 -14, BRA 0 -10, ESP 0 -18, SUI 0 -41.

RD.2: RSA (Wayne Ri�muller, Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) bt ESP 20-6, ENG bt SUI 29-5, SCO bt BOT 16-10, IRE bt KEN 23-5.

RD.2: WAL (Ben Thomas, Ross Owen, Stephen Harris, Jon Tomlinson) bt TUR 21-6, NAM bt JER 15-14, ZIM bt GUE 16-14, ISR bt ARG 14-12.Log: NAMIBIA 6 points +11 shots, ZIM 6 +10, WAL 3 +15, JER 3 +4, ISR 3 -8, TUR 3 -11, GUE 0 -6, ARG 0 -7, MLT 0 -8.

SECTION 1: RD.1: GUE (Rose Ogier, Lucy Beere) bt ISR (Ru� Gilor, Tami Kamzel) 22-10, RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh) bt MLT (Rebecca Rixon, Connie Rixon) 14-13, JER (Chloe Greechan, Fiona Archibald) bt SUI (Noelle Iseli, Simone Iseli) 20-9, ARG (Marta Gesualto, Ana Ramos) bt ESP (Debbie Colquhoun, Maggie Holmes) 18-12.

WOMEN'S PAIRS:

RD.2: WAL (Sara Marie Nicholls, Ysie White) bt GUE 20-11, ESP bt MLT 14-10, RSA bt ARG 25-10, JER bt ISR 19-14.

SECTION 2: RD.1: ENG (Rebecca Wigfield, Natalie Chestney) bt FRA (Audrey Vyt, Emma Baggio) 20-15, IRE (Gemma McClean, Sarah-Jane Curran) drew ZIM (Caryn Sinclair, Melanie James) 17-17, NED (Ineke Nagtegaal, Norma Duin) bt IOM (Karen Slack, Pam Makin)

LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 6 points +16 shots, JER 6 +16, WAL 3 +9, GUE 3 +3, ESP 3 -2, ARG 3 -9, MLT 0 -5, SUI 0 -11, ISR 0 -17.

RD.2: IOM bt SCO (Stacey McDougall, Megan Grantham) 20-13, ZIM bt FRA 18-13, IRE bt NAM 17-16, ENG bt TUR 39-4.

RD.2: ZAM (Gertrude Siama, Sophie Ma�pa, Eddah Mpezeni) bt BOT 19-17, MLT bt ARG 13-10, IRE bt TUR 18-9, RSA bt GUE 24-13, WAL bt ESP 22-14.

SECTION 2: RD.1: ENG (Jamie-Lea Winch, Lorraine Kuhler, Sian Honnor) bt FRA (Amandine France, Cindy Royet, Jennifer Gomez) 27-9, SCO (Hannah Smith, Claire Johnston, Caroline Brown) bt SUI (Larissa Rubin, Caroline Lehmann, Simone Kunz) 40-5, NED (Elly Dolieslager, Be�y Schiltman, Saskia Scha�) bt NAM (Elzaan De Vries, Bianca Lewis, Diana Viljoen) 20-18, KEN (Susan Wambugu, Grace Njuguna, Ester Ndungu) bt ZIM (Allyson Dale, Heather Singleton, Kerry Craven) 21-8, IOM (Marcia Pearson, Bernice McGreal, Janice Pilling) bt JER (Ethel Southern, Lorraine Bowman, Jean Holmes) 21-14.RD.2: SUI bt NED 20-19, ENG bt KEN 10, SCO bt IOM 15-7, NAM bt JER 20-11, ZIM bt FRA 21-10.LOG: SCOTLAND 6 points +43 shots, ENG 6 +39, NAM 3 +7, NED 3 +1, IOM 3 -1, ZIM 3 -2, KEN 3 -8, SUI 3 -34, JER 0 -16, FRA 0 -29.

LOG: ENGLAND 6 points +40 shots, ZIM 4 +5, IRE 4 +1, NAM 3 +29, NED 3 +9, IOM 3 -2, SCO 0 -7, FRA 0 -10, TUR 0 -65.

WOMEN'S TRIPLES:

19-10, NAM (Anjuleen Viljoen, Amanda Steenkamp) bt TUR (Eylem Carcabuk, Ceyda Arac) 35-5.

LOG: IRELAND 6 points +34 shots, 25 RSA 6 +25, WAL 6 +21, GUE 3 +9, ZAM 3 +2, TUR 3 -7, MLT 3 -22, ESP 0 -10, BOT 0 -16, ARG 0 -16, CYP 0 -20.

SECTION 1: RD.1: IRE (Ashleigh Rainey, Courtney Wright, Shauna O'Neill) bt MLT (Rita Hedges, Rose Rixon, Sharon Callus) 28-3, RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman, skip) bt BOT (Marea Modutlwa, Chikale Robert, Tibone Fox) 22-8, WAL (Melanie Thomas, Bethan Russ, Anwen Bu�en) bt ARG (Sara Jaimez, Celia Jaimez, Gabriela Vallamarin) 23-10, TUR (Havva Konanc, Filiz Adiguzel, Rahsan Akar) bt ESP (Lynne Eldon, Gillian Atkinson, Jenny Thompson) 15-13, GUE (Jackie Nicolle, Lyn Small, Gwen De La Mare) bt CYP (Maria Staniland, Yvonne Veitch, Hazel Bagshaw) 24-3.

Thomas took all before them in their weeklong quest for gold. Their 15-9 main event victory against the strong South African team of Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Nici Neal, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg was the stuff of adventure stories.

Down 9-6 with four ends to play, the Welsh ladies embarked on a last ditch effort collec�ng one, three, four and another single to claim gold and a place in Welsh bowls history.

WOMEN’S SINGLES: Ru� Gilor (Israel) bt Lucy Beere (Guernsey) 21-15.

MEN’S TRIPLES: South Africa (Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) bt Scotland (Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Darren Burne�) 15-14.

MEN’S PAIRS: England (Steve Mitchinson, Jamie Walker) bt Scotland (Paul Foster, Alex Marshall) 14-13.

GOLD MEDAL PLAY-OFFS:

WOMEN’S FOURS: Wales (Melanie Thomas, Bethan Russ, Ysie White, Anwen Bu�en) bt South Africa (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Nici Neal, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman, skip).

DAY 9 - PROTEAS UNBEATEN IN ALL MATCHES YET AGAINSouth Afrlca's men and women Proteas con�nued their

fantas�c unbeaten run in their triples and pairs and

singles and fours respec�vely on day nine of the 2019

Atlan�c Championships at Cardiff, Wales.

Featuring 25 bowling na�ons from the European,

African and South American theatres at four host clubs

around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys,

Penarth Windsor and HQ, Penylan – the event has

thrilled visi�ng bowls lovers from far and wide.

On home greens the Welsh men's quintet are also showing all-round top form.

Pierre Breitenbach maintained his 100% record in the singles to be only a shot difference behind England, while Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller were in a three-na�on log jam at the top of their sec�on.

South Afrlca's men and women Proteas con�nued their

Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Jacqui Van Rensburg, lead their triples sec�on, while Colleen Piketh and Nici Neil are behind only on shot difference in the women's pairs.

Qualifying rounds of the Atlan�c Championships con�nue daily un�l the gold medal play-offs at

fantas�c unbeaten run in their triples and pairs and

singles and fours respec�vely on day nine of the 2019

Atlan�c Championships at Cardiff, Wales.

Featuring 25 bowling na�ons from the European,

African and South American theatres at four host clubs

around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas

Powys, Penarth Windsor and HQ, Penylan – the event

has thrilled visi�ng bowls lovers from far and wide.

Pierre Breitenbach maintained his 100% record in the singles to be only a shot difference behind England,

Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Jacqui Van Rensburg,

lead their triples sec�on, while Colleen Piketh and Nici

Neil are behind only on shot difference in the women's

pairs.

SUPER SUPPORTER: Protea duo Nici Neal and Colleen Picket with Ellen Cawker

SA Fours and Pairs Teams with Susan Nel

DAY 10 - PROTEAS CONTINUE TO SHOW WAY IN WALES

With two qualifying days remaining, the men's singles compe��on sees two African stars heading the sec�on tables, with Pierre Breitenbach unbeaten in Sec�on 1, as is Namibia youngster Cabous Olivier in Sec�on 2.

In the men's fours Ben Thomas, Ross Owen, Stephen Harris and Jon Tomlinson from Wales are s�ll Sec�on 1 leaders, albeit they lowered their colours to Guernsey's Terry Brokenshire, Ma� Solway, Mick Ogier and Chris Dyer; South Africa's Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller, Jason Evans and skip, Billy Radloff lead Sec�on 2 by two shots from the only other unbeaten contender, Scotland's Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall.

It was business as usual for the Proteas as they mostly con�nued on their winning way during week two of the Atlan�c Championships in beau�ful South Wales. But the pack was snarling close behind – there can be no let up.

Defending champion Jamie Walker from England relinquished his lead when he lost to Welsh whiz Dan Salmon, while Sco�sh world and Commonwealth champion Darren Burne� drew with Malta's Brendan Aquilina a�er lunch to move down the table. However neither of the 2015 finalists should be discounted.

Likewise, in women's triples, overnight leaders Jacqui Van Rensburg, Esmé Kruger and skip Anneke Snyman from South Africa collected two wins to retain the lead in Sec�on 1, while England's Jamie-Lea Winch, Lorraine Kuhler and Sian Honnor also remain undefeated at the

Despite a loss to Israel's Ru� Gilor and Tami Kamzel, Welsh starlets Sarah-Marie Nicholls and Ysie White s�ll top women's pairs Sec�on 1; as do England's undefeated Rebecca Wigfield and Natalie Chestney in Sec�on 2.

On home greens the Welsh men's quintet are also showing all-round top form.

Qualifying rounds of the Atlan�c Championships con�nue daily un�l the gold medal play-offs at Penylan on Thursday.

while Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller were in a three-na�on log jam at the top of their sec�on. LOG: WALES 9 points +33 shots, ISR 9 +16, NAM 9 +7, ZIM 9 +6, JER 6

+12, ARG 3 +4, TUR 3 -31, GUE 0 -22, MLT 0 -25.SECTION 2: RD.3: IRE bt BOT 26-8, RSA (Wayne Ri�muller, Prince Neluonde, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff,skip) bt KEN (David Salmon, Benson Wambugu, Charles Wambugu, Andrew Jones) 16-8, ENG bt ESP 15-9, SUI bt BRA 24-8.RD.4: SCO bt BRA 16-14, ENG bt KEN 21-9, ESP bt SUI 34-6, RSA bt BOT 17-11.

LOG: ENGLAND 15 points +50 shots, RSA 15 +48, JER 12 +19, WAL 9 +25, GUE 7 +24, NED 6 -4, ARG 6 -9, IOM 6 -10, BOT 6 -24, KEN 4 -17, FRA 3 -44, JAM 0 -58.

LOG: IRELAND 9 points +46 shots, ENG 9 +36, RSA 9 +28, SCO 9 +25,

MEN'S SINGLES:SECTION 1: RD.4: GUE bt FRA 21-8, ARG bt BOT 21-10, WAL bt KEN 21-10, ENG bt IOM 21-10, JER bt NED 21-19.

Rd.6: ENG bt JAM 21-7, BOT bt JER 21-15, RSA bt IOM 21-19, FRA bt ARG 21-16, GUE drew KEN 20-20.

RD.5: RSA (Pierre Breitenbach) bt BOT 21-7, GUE bt JAM 21-6, ENG bt FRA 21-14, NED bt WAL 21-10, ARG bt IOM 21-18.

RD.4: TUR bt CYP 21-9, NAM bt ISR 21-19, MLT bt IRE 21-8, ZIM bt ESP 21-16, BRA bt HUN 21-6, SCO bt SUI 21-8.LOG: SCOTLAND 12 points +49 shots, NAM 12 +28, MLT 9 +30, ISR 9 +16, IRE 9 +5, ZIM 6 -9, SUI 6 -14, TUR 3 +4, BRA 3 -4, ESP 3 -9, HUN 0 -46, CYP 0 -50.

MEN'S FOURS:

SECTION 2: RD.3: ZIM bt MLT 21-12, SUI bt TUR 21-19, NAM bt HUN 21-8, ISR bt BRA 21-18, SCO bt CYP 21-9, IRE bt ESP 21-14.

SECTION 1: RD.3: WAL bt NAM 17-8, JER bt MLT 19-11, ISR bt GUE 13-8, ZIM bt TUR 14-13.RD.4: ARG bt GUE 19-8, ISR bt TUR 23-4, WAL bt MLT 19-10, NAM bt ZIM 16-11.

SECTION 1: RD.5: RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman) bt MLT (Rita Hedges, Rose Rixon, Sharon Callus) 19-11, GUE bt ARG 18-12, CYP bt WAL 16-14, ZAM bt TUR 15-11, IRE bt BOT 17-15.

LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 15 points +67 shots, IRE 15 +35, WAL 12 +28, GUE 9 +18, ZAM 9 -5, CYP 9 -18, BOT 6 -11, MLT 6 -30, ESP 3 -17, TUR 3 -24, ARG 3 -43.

LOG: WALES 12 points +45 shots, JER 12 +28, ZIM 12 Sq, ARG 9 +16, NAM 9 +2, ISR 9 -7, GUE 3 -18, MLT 3 -21, TUR 3 -45.

LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 15 points +56 shots, SCO 15 +52, IRE 12 +45, ENG 12 +39, KEN 6 -40, ESP 3 -14, BOT 3 -25, BRA 3 -34, SUI 3 -79.

SECTION 2: RD.5: ENG bt NED 28-3, ZIM bt IOM 22-10, SCO bt NAM 17-5, FRA bt TUR 36-7.

RD.6: JER bt TUR 21-7, ARG bt MLT 16-15, GUE bt WAL 16-10, ZIM bt ISR 18-13.

RD.6: BOT bt ESP 18-13, IRE bt ARG 16-14, RSA bt ZAM 24-10, WAL bt TUR 24-12, MLT bt CYP 20-10.

SECTION 2: RD.5: ENG bt JER 16-8, NED bt KEN 22-12, FRA drew NAM 16-16, IOM bt SUI 23-13, SCO bt ZIM 21-9.RD.6: ENG bt IOM 29-11, NED bt FRA 24-8, SCO bt JER 18-8, NAM drew ZIM 16-16, KEN bt SUI 25-18.

WOMEN'S PAIRS:

LOG: ENGLAND 18 points +93 shots, SCO 15 +87, NAM 11 +24, NED 9 Sq, KEN 9 -11, ZIM 7 -12, IOM 6 -28, FRA 5 -44, JER 4 -33, SUI 3 -78.

SECTION 2: RD.5: ENG bt IRE 14-9, RSA (Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff) bt SUI (Sven Rubin, Ulrich Hausler, Beat Ma�, Thomas Schneiter) 30-4, SCO bt ESP 26-12, KEN bt BRA 14-7.

SECTION 1: RD.5: WAL bt ISR 24-6, MLT bt NAM 21-16, JER bt GUE 16-14, ARG bt ZIM 16-5.

LOG: WALES 12 points +63 shots, RSA 12 +42, JER 12 +7, MLT 9 +50, GUE 9 +19, ISR 9 -7, ARG 6 -42, ESP 3 -44, SUI 0 -88.

MEN'S FOURS:

RD.6: BRA bt BOT 15-14, RSA bt ENG 17-15, SCO bt KEN 21-8, IRE bt ESP 17-13.

RD.6: IRE bt NED 17-14, ENG bt NAM 22-12, SCO bt TUR 33-8, IOM bt FRA 20-13.

RD.6: RSA bt GUE (Rose Ogier, Lucy Beere) 25-5, MLT bt SUI 32-9, ISR bt WAL 18-14, JER bt ESP 26-10.

LOG: ENGLAND 18 points +89 shots, IRE 13 +60, SCO 12 +57, ZIM 7 -3, NED 7 -11, IOM 6 -31, NAM 4 +14, FRA 3 -2, TUR 0 -173.

WOMEN'S TRIPLES:

SECTION 1: RD.5: WAL bt ESP 17-12, MLT bt JER 24-9, ISR (Ru� Gilor, Tami Kamzel) bt RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh) 22-8, ARG bt SUI 21-14.

+47, ISR 15 +28, ZIM 12 -14, ESP 9 -6, BRA 6 -14, SUI 6 -37, TUR 3 -15, CYP 0 -68, HUN 0-87.

top of Sec�on 2 a�er lodging two strong wins at HQ, Penylan.

Over the past 10 days, the 2019 Atlan�c Championships - featuring 25 bowling na�ons from the European, African and South American regions at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and HA, Penylan – have thrilled visitors from far and wide.

The SA women's trips and pairs – Colleen Piketh/Nici Neal lost one game, but remain �ed at the top.

MEN'S SINGLES:SECTION 1: RD.7: ENG bt GUE 21-17, RSA (Pierre Breitenbach) bt JER (Ross Davis) 21-4, KEN bt NED 21-15, ARG bt JAM 21-9, FRA bt IOM 21-15.RD.8: WAL bt ENG 21-13, BOT bt KEN 21-13, FRA bt JAM 21-20, JER bt GUE 21-20, IOM bt NED 21-16, RSA bt ARG 21-18.RD.9: RSA bt FRA 21-10, WAL bt JER 21-14, ENG bt ARG 21-11, BOT bt IOM 21-17, KEN bt JAM 21-8.LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 24 points +79 shots, ENG 21 +56, WAL 15 +40, JER 15 -4, BOT 12 -12, KEN 10 -6, ARG 9 -10, IOM 9 -15, FRA 9 -48, GUE 7 +19, NED 6 -15, JAM 0 -84.

RD.7: SCO bt TUR 21-11, ESP bt HUN 21-10, NAM bt SUI 21-10, MLT bt ISR 21-10, BRA bt CYP 21-16, IRE bt ZIM 21-10.

RD.6: SCO drew MLT 20-20, ZIM bt CYP 21-19, IRE bt SUI 21-9, ESP bt TUR 21-18, NAM bt BRA 21-16, ISR bt HUN 21-9.

SECTION 2: RD.5: SCO bt HUN 21-3, ZIM bt SUI 21-17, ISR bt ESP 21-10, MLT bt TUR 21-15, NAM bt CYP 21-10, IRE bt BRA 21-11.

LOG: NAMIBIA 21 points +51 shots, SCO 19 +77, IRE 18 +38, MLT 16

ESP 3 +4, BOT 3 -24, KEN 3 -34, SUI 3 -53, BRA 0 -28.

WOMEN'S PAIRS:SECTION 1: RD.3: WAL bt ARG 31-5, GUE bt JER 28-4, ISR bt ESP 21-12, RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh, skip) bt SUI (Noelle Iseli, Simone Iseli) 29-9.

SECTION 2: RD.3: ENG bt IOM 24-10, IRE bt TUR 43-4, NAM drew NED 13-13, SCO bt ZIM 23-10.RD.4: SCO bt FRA 25-11, NED bt TUR 29-14, ENG bt ZIM 19-12, IRE bt IOM 24-14.LOG: ENGLAND 12 points +61 shots, IRE 10 +50, NED 7 +24, SCO 6 +20, NAM 4 +29, ZIM 4 -15, IOM 0 -26, FRA 0 -24, TUR 0 -119.

SECTION 1: RD.3: ARG bt TUR 19-18, ZAM bt GUE 20-13, CYP bt BOT 18-13, ESP bt MLT 17-14, WAL bt IRE 20-13.

RD.4: ZIM bt IOM 20-17, JER drew FRA 16-16, ENG bt SUI 31-7, SCO bt NED 30-7, NAM bt KEN 16-15.

WOMEN'S TRIPLES:

LOG: ENGLAND 12 points +67 shots, SCO 9 +65, NAM 9 +24, ZIM 6 Sq, KEN 6 -8, JER 4 -15, FRA 4 -28, IOM 3 -20, NED 3 -26, SUI 3 -59.

SECTION 2: RD.3: KEN bt SCO 14-13, NAM bt IOM 23-7, JER bt ZIM 20-19, FRA bt SUI 14-13, ENG bt NED 19-15.

RD.4: MLT bt ISR 25-8, WAL bt SUI 33-6, JER bt ARG 21-7, GUE bt ESP 25-13.LOG: WALES 9 points +62 shots, GUE 9 +39, RSA 9 +36, JER 9 +6, MLT 3 +12, ESP 3 -23, ISR 3 -25, ARG 3 -49, SUI 0 -58.

RD.4: RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman,skip) bt ARG 30-10, GUE bt WAL 19-9, CYP bt ESP 20-15, BOT bt MLT 17-10, IRE bt ZAM 18-14.LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 9 points +45 shots, IRE 9 +31, WAL 9 +18, GUE 6 +12, ZAM 6 +5, CYP 6 -10, TUR 3 -8, ESP 3 -12, BOT 3 -14, MLT 3 -32, ARG 3 -35.

DAY 11 - WOMEN'S TRIPLES SEAL PLAY-OFF PLACE IN CARDIFF

Protea men Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller, lost both their fours tussles yesterday to slip off the top of their

Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg con�nued their unbeaten run with two m o r e t r i p l e s v i c t o r i e s a t t h e At l a n � c Championships in Cardiff and are assured of a play-off spot and probably a direct route to the semi-finals and an assured bronze medal.

In each of two �ght matches, the South Africans went down to the formidable Scots Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster, Alex Marshall, skip and to Ireland's Aaron Tennant, Neil Mulholland, Andy Kyle and Mark Wilson, skip.

And unbeaten Pierre Breitenbach went down badly to England's Jamie Walker, the defending champion and is now second in his men's singles sec�on.

qualifying table, but remain well in conten�on for a play-off spot.

The women's holders of the pairs, Colleen Piketh and Nici Neal won one and lost one to slip to third

place in their sec�on.

With only a spa�ering of games remaining before tomorrow's (Wednesday) all-important elimina�on finals, there are s�ll a few aces in the deck to be tabled.

At major interna�onal events sec�onal top finishers graduate immediately to the semi-finals, while the next two best finishers are sent to the elimina�on rounds. Consequently, finishing on top of a sec�on guarantees a minimum bronze medal.

Also, a top six finish in the qualifying sec�ons is the paramount quest of all na�ons par�cipa�ng

in Cardiff. It means a place in next year's world championships on Australia's Gold Coast, so plenty to play for.

Walker from England and Sco�sh world and Commonwealth gold medalist Darren Burne� were undefeated and regained their places at the top of the leader board of their respec�ve sec�ons.

In the men's fours Ben Thomas, Ross Owen, Stephen Harris and Jon Tomlinson from Wales again lead the way in Sec�on 1 heading into the final qualifying day, while in Sec�on 2 Scotland's Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall imposed their will.

What about the Zambians Gertrude Siama, Sophie Ma�pa and Eddah Mpezeni who almost moved heaven and earth to compete? They give credence to that old narra�ve about sport not being about winning, but about compe�ng with honour.

Welsh starlets Sarah-Marie Nicholls and Ysie White lead women's pairs Sec�on 1, but take on Piketh and Neal; England's undefeated Rebecca Wigfield and Natalie Chestney have top spot in Sec�on 2.

Over the past 11 days the championships, featuring 25 bowling na�ons from the European, African and South American regions at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and HQ, Penylan – have seen players give their all in the quest for na�onal pride and team success.

Situated smack-dab in the middle of Africa's bowls triangle - bordering with Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana and Namibia – Zambia has a proud heritage in bowls with many representa�ons in world and Commonwealth Games compe��ons over the years. In fact, Eddah, Sophia and Gertrude, who play their bowls in the Copperbelt Province, competed in last year's Games at Broadbeach.

MEN'S FOURS:

LOG: WALES 18 points +64 shots, NAM 15 +38, JER 15 +29, ZIM 15 -6, ISR 9 -9, ARG 9 -11, GUE 6 -13, MLT 6 -18, TUR 3 -74.

However, for reasons known only to the gods of sport, the original selected Zambia men's and women's team for Cardiff, were le� standing at the airport departure lounge in Lusaka a�er “administra�ve issues” forced them to desist.

'It's simple,' said Eddah, when asked why. 'We love to compete in the best company we can, so we kept our spirits up; kept praying for a minor miracle – and it happened.

There has been talk of slack visa applica�ons, funding rejec�on and even bungled bowls management, but talk is cheap.

MEN'S SINGLES:

LOG: ENGLAND 27 points +75 shots, RSA 24 +61, WAL 21 +52, JER 18 +4, BOT 15 -15, KEN 13 -4, ARG 12 -2, FRA 12 -44, NED 9 -7, IOM 9 -26, GUE 7 +1, JAM 0 -95.

'We are hopeful of doing well enough to qualify a women's triples team for Zambia in next year's world championships in Australia.”

SECTION 2: RD.8: SCO bt NAM 21-16, TUR bt BRA 21-4, ZIM bt HUN 21-15, IRE bt ISR 21-18, CYP bt ESP 21-11, MLT bt SUI 21-2.RD.9: SCO bt ISR 21-4, ESP bt MLT 21-20, IRE bt NAM 21-19, CYP bt SUI 21-15, BRA bt ZIM 21-17, TUR bt HUN 21-5.LOG: SCOTLAND 25 points +99 shots, IRE 24 +43, NAM 21 +44, MLT 19 +65, ISR 15 +8, ZIM 15 -12, ESP 12 -15, TUR 9 +18, BRA 9 -27, CYP 6 -52, SUI 6 -62, HUN 0 -109.

SECTION 1: RD.7: WAL bt ZIM 15-8, JER bt ISR 14-12, MLT bt TUR 21-13, NAM bt ARG 23-8.

RD.11: ARG bt GUE 21-13, NED bt JAM 21-10, KEN bt IOM 21-19, WAL bt BOT 21-19, ENG bt JER 21-20.

SECTION 1: RD.10: ENG (Jamie Walker) bt RSA (Pierre Breitenbach) 21-3, BOT bt NED 21-18, WAL bt GUE 21-11, JER bt IOM 21-12, FRA bt KEN 21-17.

RD.8: GUE bt MLT 19-14, ZIM bt JER 13-12, WAL bt ARG 20-9, NAM bt TUR 31-10.

However, the ladies persisted and were eventually granted a visa in Pretoria, raised the necessary cash and hurried to Lusaka in �me to board a flight bound for Heathrow – arriving in Cardiff a day before the women's triples compe��on got under way. Then they upped and won their first two starts.

DAY 12 - BRILLIANT PROTEAS ALL INTO PLAY-OFFS

It also means South Africa has qualified in all eight disciplines for World Bowls at Australia's Gold Coast.

Today and tomorrow will be rate 10 out of 10 on the exhilara�on scale when most of the game's greatest players strut their stuff – tomorrow's elimina�on finals are at Barry Athle�c and Dinas Powys, then the gold medal play-offs at HQ tomorrow (Thursday).

Cardiff will reverberate to the excited strains of an avid bowls community ready to enjoy all the ac�on as the grand finale of a sensa�onal fortnight of interna�onal compe��on reaches its crescendo.

Over the past five days the 2019 Atlan�c Championships - featuring 25 bowling na�ons from the European, African and South American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and HQ, Penylan – have gone through the qualifying stanza in men's singles and fours, along with women's pairs and triples.

Spectators at Barry Athle�c enjoyed a taste of what to expect when two bona fide stars faced off in a flat green version of a street rumble. It was the men's singles encounter featuring reigning Commonwealth Games

Into the play-offs for the Proteas, with the women's trips, who won their sec�on into the semi-finals and assured of a medal. The men's singles and fours and women's pairs will see South Africans in the quarter-finals – in one word, brilliant!

The big ques�on is: Can anybody lay a glove on Scotland's Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall, the reigning Commonwealth Games fours gold medalists?

The blue ribbon men's singles at Barry will see Brendan Aquilina (Malta) v Dan Salmon (Wales) and Adam McKeown (Ireland) v Brietenbach, the winners playing Jamie Walker (England) and Darren Burne� (Scotland)

Conversely, Barry Athle�c will host England against Wales and Netherlands versus Ireland in the morning women's triples, with winners pi�ed against South Africa and Scotland respec�vely at Dinas Powys in the a�ernoon.

The quality of bowls was fantas�c as Salmon demonstrated his enormous poten�al, showing exactly why he won the world youth singles championship at Broadbeach a couple of years ago. It was a �ght no-holds-barred affair, with score level at 11-11 and 16-16 before Breitenbach held the ascendancy at 20-19 and Salmon cra�ed a match-winning two to claim the points.

Similarly, South Africa plays Scotland along with Ireland against Guernsey in women's pairs at Dinas Powys, with the winners heading to Barry Athle�c to take on the mighty Wales and England teams in the semi-finals.

pairs gold medalist Dan Salmon from Wales, a winner in Australia last year; up against South Africa's Pierre Breitenbach, a Commonwealth Games triples gold medalist from Kelvingrove in 2014.

Today at Dinas Powys, Namibia takes on Ireland and Jersey plays South Africa in men's fours, winners to play Scotland and Wales respec�vely at Barry Athle�c.

respec�vely at Dinas Powys.

MEN'S SINGLES:SECTION 1: RD.12: WAL (Dan Salmon) bt RSA (Pierre Breitenbach) 21-20, JER bt ARG 21-11, IOM bt JAM 21-16, GUE bt NED 21-14, BOT bt FRA 21-13.RD.13: ENG bt KEN 21-15, NED bt FRA 21-15, RSA bt GUE 21-18, WAL bt ARG 21-7, BOT bt JAM 21-11.FINAL LOG: ENGLAND 30 points +81 shots, WAL 27 +67, RSA 27 +63, JER 21 +14, BOT 21 +3, KEN 13 -10, NED 12 -8, IOM 12 -21, ARG 12 -26, FRA 12 -58, GUE 10 +5, JAM 0 -110.

RD.11: TUR bt ZIM 21-15, SCO bt IRE 21-14, CYP bt HUN 21-14, ESP bt BRA 21-13, ISR bt SUI 21-8, MLT bt NAM bt NAM 21-12.

FINAL LOG: WALES 21 points +80 shots, GUE 18 +61, RSA 15 +48, ISR 15 +29, JER 15 +5, MLT 12 +80, ESP 6 -60, ARG 6 -102, SUI 0 -141.

SECTION 1: RD.9: MLT bt ISR 17-16, NAM bt GUE 12-9, WAL bt JER 21-11, TUR bt ARG 16-11.

SECTION 1: RD.10: WAL (Melanie Thomas, Bethan Russ, Anwen

FINAL LOG: ENGLAND 24 points +92 shots, IRE 16 +52, SCO 15 +63, ZIM 13 -1, NED 13 -10, NAM 11 +19, IOM 10 -15, FRA 3 -9, TUR 0 -191.

SECTION 2: RD.9: SCO bt IRE 19-4, RSA (Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff) bt BRA (Francis Vila, Heitor Correa, Keith Rowland, Peter Gordon) 16-10, BOT bt ESP 18-8, SUI bt KEN 18-15.

SECTION 2: RD.10: MLT bt HUN 21-9, ISR bt TUR 21-6, SCO bt ESP 21-10, NAM bt ZIM 21-11, IRE bt CYP 21-7, SUI bt BRA 21-16.

FINAL LOG: SCOTLAND 24 points +83 shots, RSA 18 +47, IRE 18 +44, ENG 15 +36, BOT 9 +8, KEN 9 -40, ESP 6 -17, SUI 6 -112, BRA 3 -49.

Women's pairs:

WOMEN'S TRIPLES:

FINAL LOG: WALES 21 points +74 shots, NAM 18 +41, JER 15 +19, ZIM 15 -6, ISR 9 -10, ARG 9 -16, MAL 9 -17, GUE 6 -16, TUR 6 -69.

SECTION 2: RD.9: ZIM bt NED 20-17, NAM drew IOM 16-16, ENG bt SCO 14-12, IRE bt FRA 16-14.

MEN'S FOURS:

SECTION 1: RD.9: WAL (Sara Marie Nicholls, Ysie White) bt RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh, skip) 18-9, GUE bt MLT 17-16, ISR bt ARG 29-11, ESP bt SUI 14-12.

FINAL LOG: SCOTLAND 31 points +117 shots, IRE 27 +50, MLT 25 +86, NAM 24 +45, ISR 21 +36, ESP 15 -18, ZIM 15 -28, TUR 12 +9, BRA 9 -40, CYP 9 -59, SUI 9 -70, HUN 0 -128.

WOMEN'S TRIPLES:SECTION 1: RD.7: ZAM bt CYP 33-6, WAL bt MLT 29-3, ESP bt ARG 17-10, IRE bt GUE 19-10, RSA bt TUR 32-8.

RD.8: ISR bt SUI 26-8, JER bt RSA 15-12, WAL bt MLT 16-13, GUE bt ARG 18-10.

SECTION 1: RD.7: WAL bt JER 16-11, RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh, skip) bt ESP (Debbie Colquhoun, Maggie Holmes) 24-6, MLT bt ARG 41-7, GUE bt SUI 34-1.

SECTION 2: RD.8: ENG bt IRE 18-17, ZIM bt TUR 17-15, NED bt SCO 14-13, NAM bt FRA 18-16.

RD.8: KEN (David Salmon, Benson Wambugu, Charles Wambugu, Andrew Jones) bt BOT 15-12, SCO bt RSA 22-11, IRE bt SUI 22-12, ENG bt BRA 20-18.

SECTION 2: RD.7: SCO bt ENG 21-16, IRE bt RSA (Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) 21-16, BOT bt SUI 32-6, ESP bt BRA 19-12.

LOG: WALES 18 points +71 shots, GUE 15 +60, RSA 15 +57, JER 15 +5, MLT 12 +81, ISR 12 +11, ARG 6 -84, ESP 3 -62, SUI 0 -139.

WOMEN'S PAIRS:

LOG: SCOTLAND 21 points +68 shots, IRE 18 +59, RSA 15 +41, ENG 15 +36, KEN 9 -37, BOT 6 -2, ESP 2 -7,,BRA 3 -43, SUI 3 -115.

Rd.9: SCO bt IRE 18-9, NAM bt ZIM 20-17, IOM bt TUR 25-9, NED bt FRA 22-19.LOG: ENGLAND 21 points +90 shots, SCO 15 +65, IRE 13 +50, NED 13 -7, NAM 10 +19, ZIM 10 -4, IOM 9 -15, FRA 3 -7, TUR 0 -191.

BOTS BABES: Protea trips pose with Botswana ladies

SECTION 2: RD.7: SCO bt NAM 26-9, NED bt IOM 26-14, ZIM bt ENG 14-9, FRA bt KEN 21-11, JER bt SUI 16-13.RD.8: ENG bt NAM 19-15, KEN bt IOM 19-13, SCO bt FRA 19-13, ZIM bt SUI 15-12, NED bt JER 26-13.

RD.8: TUR bt BOT x) 22-11, IRE bt CYP 20-13, ARG bt ZAM 17-11, GUE bt MLT 26-9, RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman, skip) bt ESP 19-9.

LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 24 points +115 shots, IRE 24 +52, WAL 18 +52, GUE 15 +35, ZAM 12 +8, MLT 9 -66, CYP 9 -66, ESP 6 -21, BOT 6 -31, TUR 6 -44, ARG 6 -44.

RD.9: RSA bt CYP 24-10, IRE bt ESP 17-16, WAL bt ZAM 19-11, GUE bt BOT 22-13, MLT bt TUR 20-13.

LOG: SCOTLAND 21 points +110 shots, ENG 21 +92, NED 15 +25, ZIM 13 -4, KEN 12 -15, NAM 11 +3, FRA 8 -40, JER 7 -43, IOM 6 -46, SUI 3 -82.

Bu�en) bt RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman) 14-11, GUE bt ESP 15-12, MLT bt ZAM 18-11, CYP bt TUR 17-11, ARG bt BOT 14-11.RD.11: RSA bt IRE (Ashleigh Rainey, Courtney Wright Shauna O'Neill) 26-11, WAL bt BOT 28-10, GUE bt TUR 25-13, ARG bt CYP 15-12, ESP bt

FINAL LOG: SOUTH AFRICA 27 points +127 shots, WAL 24 +83, IRE 24 +37, GUE 21 +50, ZAM 12 -3, ARG 12 -38, MLT 12 -59, CYP 12 -63, ESP 9 -20, BOT 6 -20, TUR 6 -62.

ZAM 17-13.

SECTION 2: RD.9: SCO bt ENG 18-9, NED bt ZIM 17-13, NAM bt SUI

20-14, JER bt KEN 18-10, IOM bt FRA 20-16.FINAL LOG: SCOTLAND 24 points +119 shots, ENG 21 +83, NED 18 +29, NAM 14 +9, ZIM 13 -8, KEN 12 -23, JER 10 -35, IOM 9 -42, FRA 8 -44, SUI 3 -88.

DAY 13 - PIKETH/NEAL TILT GUERNSEY FOR GOLD

DAY 14 - GLORIOUS GOLD FOR COLLEEN/NICI AND TEAM

At Penylan four gold medals will be decided between many of the greatest bowlers on the planet – there's no prizemoney here, but you couldn't buy a medal for love or a wad of cash.

It's the culmina�on of the event's second tough week – over the past six days the championships – featuring 25 countries from the European, African and South

Week two also saw the world's top women se�ng course in their pursuit of pairs and triples gold with a game style that is infinitely more tranquil than the guys, but equally entertaining and fierce.

Glorious stuff in Wales. Defending champions Proteas Colleen Piketh and Nici Neal will meet Guernsey's and Lucy Beere and Rose Ogier in today's women's pairs gold medal match at the Atlan�c Championships in Cardiff, Wales.

The SA pair outgunned Sara Marie Nicholls and Ysie White from Wales 20-5 in the semi-finals at Barry; while in the corresponding eliminator, the Guernsey gals stole a march on hot favourites Rebecca Wigfield and Natalie Chestney from England

Earlier, the Protea duo edged Scotland a nail-bi�ng 13-12 in a quarter-final eliminator.

At HQ, Penylan today defending champion Jamie Walker (England) and Darren Burne� (Scotland) clash for the men's singles crown - a replay of the men's final at the last Atlan�c Championships in 2015 at the Athena Beach Resort, Cyprus.

The seasoned pairs combina�on outclassed a plucky Guernsey duo of Rose Ogier and Lucy Beere winning on the 16th end 17-4 a�er not conceding a shot for the first 12 ends.

Added to yesterday's gold the women won silver in the fours, bronze in the triples and fourth place in the singles … outstanding.

Scotland's men took the overall gold medal.

Superb Protea lawn bowlers Colleen Piketh (Eden) and Nici Neal (Sables) retained their �tle and a gold medal with a scin�lla�ng victory in the women's pairs at the Atlan�c Championship finals in Cardiff, Wales.

The women's quintet of Piketh, Neal, Esmé Kruger (GaUteng North, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg Johannesburg BA), Anneke Snyman (Boland) won the trophy for best overall.

Playing at HQ, Penylan, the green and gold duo were in

American theatres at four host clubs around the Welsh capital – Barry Athle�c, Dinas Powys, Penarth Windsor and Penylan – has put the best-creden�aled field ever through its paces in an enduro to test the skills and mental toughness of the game's top exponents.

Walker played his way into the main event by dodging a few bullets and staging a few heroic comebacks during qualifying. But he was too steady for young local Don Salmon and capitalised on a couple of loose ends from the Welsh star.

However, the reigning Commonwealth Games fours champions Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall are a professional ou�it who will make their opponents earn every single shot.

Burne� was his usual business-like self when he raced to victory against promising Irish 19-year-old Adam McKeown in the semi-finals; earl ier Burne� demonstrated why the Ireland hierarchy gi�ed him the coveted singles berth when he eliminated a gallant South Africa's Pierre Breitenbach in their elimina�on match. Breitenbach played excellently and went down only 21-19 in a hard-fought game.

Jersey, the men's defending champions, give the mighty Scots a shot at the �tle they have held since Cyprus. The Jersey boys Derek Boswell, Greg Davis, Sco� Ruderham and Malcolm De Sousa were brave beyond belief as they carded iden�cal 12-8 wins over South Africa (Billy Radloff, Jason Evans, Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ritmuller) and Wales to gain their berth in the 15-end final.

The South Africans bow out a�er showing great verve and skill throughout.

Two comfortable semi-final wins saw England and Scotland power into the women's triples gold medal

The showdown featuring England's Jamie-Lea Winch, Lorraine Kuhler and Sian Honnor against Hannah Smith, Claire Johnston and Caroline Brown from Scotland will be a crowd-pleasing affair.

ELIMINATION FINALS: WAL (Dan Salmon) bt MLT (Brendan Aquilina) 21-17, IRE (Adam McKeown) bt RSA (Pierre Breitenbach) 21-19.SEMI-FINALS: ENG (Jamie Walker) bt WAL (Dan Salmon) 21-17, SCO (Darren Burne�) bt IRE (Adam McKeown) 21-9.

MEN'S SINGLES:

play-off. South Africa's Anneke Snyman, Esme Kruger, Jacqui Janse van Rensburg fought hard to the end, but were too far behind to make progress.

SEMI-FINALS: JER (Derek Boswell, Greg Davis, Sco� Ruderham, Malcolm De Sousa) bt WAL (Ben Thomas, Ross Owen, Stephen Harris, Jon Tomlinson) 12-8, SCO (Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster, Alex Marshall) bt IRE (Aaron Tennant, Neil Mulholland, Andrew Kyle, Mark Wilson) 20-10.

ELIMINATION FINALS: IRE (Ashleigh Rainey, Courtney Wright Shauna O'Neill) bt NED (Elly Dolieslager, Be�y Schiltman, Saskia Scha�) 17-9, ENG (Jamie-Lea Winch, Lorraine Kuhler, Sian Honnor) bt WAL (Melanie Thomas, Bethan Russ, Anwen Bu�en) 17-12.

ELIMINATION FINALS: RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh, skip) bt SCO (Megan Grantham, Stacey McDougall) 13-12, GUE (Rose Ogier, Lucy Beere) bt IRE (Gemma McClean, Sarah-Jane Curran) 26-9.

SEMI-FINALS: ENG (Jamie-Lea Winch, Lorraine Kuhler, Sian Honnor) bt RSA (Jacqui Van Rensburg, Esmé Kruger, Anneke Snyman, skip) 20-9, SCO (Hannah Smith, Claire Johnston, Caroline Brown) bt IRE (Ashleigh Rainey, Courtney Wright Shauna O'Neill) 20-10.

WOMEN'S PAIRS:

MEN'S FOURS:

WOMEN'S TRIPLES:

SEMI-FINALS: RSA (Nici Neal, Colleen Piketh) bt WAL (Sara Marie Nicholls, Ysie White) 20-5, GUE (Rose Ogier, Lucy Beere) bt ENG (Rebecca Wigfield, Natalie Chestney) 19-16.

ELIMINATION FINALS: IRE (Aaron Tennant, Neil Mulholland, Andrew Kyle, Mark Wilson) bt NAM (John Fouche, Piet Appolis, Johan Jacobs, Will Esterhuizen) 13-11, JER (Derek Boswell, Greg Davis, Sco� Ruderham, Malcolm De Sousa) bt RSA (Prince Neluonde, Wayne Ri�muller, Jason Evans, Billy Radloff, skip) 12-8.

Their ac�on man Jamie Walker won a second gold of the championships – added to last week's pairs with Steve Mitchinson – when he outgunned Scotland's Darren Burne� to win the blue ribbon singles in a repeat of his 2015 success in Cyprus.

The English women began the rush when their triples team coasted to victory in the morning, bea�ng a gallant Scotland trio by 10 shots.

Scotland's mighty quartet of Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall were wallowing in the mire at 13-7 down - with two to play - against Jersey's Derek Boswell, Sco� Ruderham, Greg Davis and Malcolm De Sousa, the defending champions.

Scotland counted four and two on ends one and two, then added a single on the seventh – Jersey, with skipper Malcolm De Sousa in scin�lla�ng touch, claimed the other 10 ends.

On the 14th end De Sousa made what appeared to be a strategic blunder and Marshall pounced – driving the jack into the ditch to claim a six. Scores were 13-13, and when Paul Foster nestled one up against the jack on the final end and the Jersey boys were unable to dislodge it.

But it was England who then took centre-stage.

top form, something they had shown throughout the gruelling qualifying rounds and the quarter and semi-finals. They repeated their efforts from the last Atlan�c event in Cyprus.

England was imperious when they powered to victory in the women's triples final, winning 23-13. Although the brave Scots Hannah Smith, Claire Johnston and Caroline Brown gave their utmost, England's Jamie-Lea Winch, Lorraine Kuhler and Sian Honnor were simply too consistent.

Orchids to England's Jamie-Lea Winch, who gave a flawless display in the lead posi�on, while Kuhler and Honnor flew the St George's Cross with pride.

NKOSI: The SA anthem plays as SA triumphant women and head coach Jessica

Henderson (holding trophy) stand in Cardiff, from le�: Colleen Piketh, Nici Neal,

Jacqui Janse van Rensburg, Anneke Snyman, Esmé Kruger

GOLD MEDALISTS: Colleen Piketh & Nici Neal

GOLD MEDAL PLAY-OFFS:MEN'S SINGLES:

David Allen, PRO World Bowls

David Allen, Anneke Snyman, Ceris Hewlings

Colleen Piketh, Nici Neal (South Africa) bt Rose Ogier, Lucy Beere (Guernsey) 17-4.

Informa�on:

Words:

MEN'S FOURS:

WOMEN'S PAIRS:

Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver, Paul Foster, Alex Marshall (Scotland) bt Derek Boswell, Sco� Ruderham, Greg Davis, Malcolm De Sousa (Jersey) 14-13.

WOMEN'S TRIPLES: Jamie-Lea Winch, Lorraine Kuhler, Sian Honnor (England) bt Hannah Smith, Claire Johnston, Caroline Brown (Scotland) 23-13.

Jamie Walker (England) bt Darren Burne� (Scotland) 21-19.

Pictures:

Alan Simmonds, Media Officer, Bowls SA

2019 ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPSWOMEN’S OVERALL POINTS

2019 ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPSMEN’S OVERALL POINTS

OVERALL

SCOTLAND 72 3

NAMIBIA 43 10

SOUTH AFRICA 77 1ENGLAND 74 2

JERSEY 38 11MALTA 33 12

WALES 67 4

KENYA 24 13FRANCE 23 14

COUNTRY TOTAL POINTS FINISHING OVERALL POSITION

ZIMBABWE 54 6IRELAND 51 7ISRAEL 46 8NETHERLANDS 45 9

GUERNSEY 65 5

BOTSWANA 14 18

CYPRUS 13 20

ISLE OF MAN 21 16

BRAZIL 3 23

SWITZERLAND 14 19

SPAIN 15 17

TURKEY 5 22ZAMBIA 12 21

ARGENTINA 23 15

POSITION SINGLES PAIRS TRIPLES FOURS1 England England South Africa Scotland2 Scotland Scotland Scotland Jersey3 Wales Malta Namibia Wales4 Ireland Jersey England Ireland5 South Africa Guernsey Jersey South Africa6 Malta Ireland Malta Namibia7 Namibia Namibia Wales England8 Jersey Wales Ireland Zimbabwe9 Israel South Africa Argen�na Botswana10 Botswana Isle of Man Cyprus Israel11 Spain Botswana France Argen�na12 Kenya Zimbabwe Israel Kenya

11 Botswana Malta Kenya Malta

8 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Namibia Jersey

2 Guernsey Guernsey Scotland South Africa3 Scotland England South Africa Scotland4 England Wales Ireland Zimbabwe5 South Africa Ireland Wales England

10 Ireland Netherlands Zambia Guernsey

12 Namibia Namibia Argen�na Argen�na

POSITION SINGLES PAIRS TRIPLES FOURS1 Israel South Africa England Wales

6 France Scotland Netherlands Kenya

9 Wales Jersey Zimbabwe Israel

7 Netherlands Israel Guernsey Namibia

NETHERLANDS 19 21SWITZERLAND 10 22JAMAICA 6 23

KENYA 32 15

ENGLAND 85 2JERSEY 75 3

WALES 72 5

NAMIBIA 69 7

BOTSWANA 47 9

ISLE OF MAN 24 17

MALTA 64 8

IRELAND 71 6

OVERALL

ZIMBABWE 45 11

ARGENTINA 34 13

COUNTRY TOTAL POINTS FINISHING

SPAIN 34 14

FRANCE 23 18

CYPRUS 20 20

OVERALL POSITION

SOUTH AFRICA 74 4

TURKEY 28 16

SCOTLAND 93 1

ISRAEL 46 10

GUERNSEY 34 12

BRAZIL 22 19

CZECH REPUBLIC 2 24HUNGARY 1 25

2020 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’S QUALIFIERS FROM ATLANTIC IN ORDER OF FINISHING POSITION IN EACH DISCIPLINE

2020 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMEN’S QUALIFIERS FROM ATLANTIC IN ORDER OF FINISHING POSITION IN EACH DISCIPLINE

SA'S PIKETH SELECTED FOR WORLD BOWLS SIDE

Captain Marshall echoed that view, saying: “A

cracking good team – I'm really looking forward to

playing with every one of them. I've always hoped

to play alongside Jo Edwards, she's amazing; it

could materialise.”

Likened to golf's Ryder Cup, even the President's

Cup, both biennial compe��on between teams

from Europe and the USA and the Commonwealth

and the rest respec�vely, the WBC star Rest of the

World players are Men: Alex Marshall (Scotland),

Darren Burne� (Scotland), Shannon McIlroy (New

Zealand), Ryan Bester (Canada), Gary Kelly

(Ireland).

Along with Marshall, a six-�mes Commonwealth

Games gold medalist and six �mes world indoor

singles champion, with a plethora of other

accomplishments from his career, are Burne�, a

gold medal ist at last year 's Gold Coast

Commonwealth Games, former Games singles

gold medalist and world indoor singles champion;

McIlroy, the reigning world singles and champion

of champions �tleholder; Bester, a former world

pairs champion and rated in the world's top five

over the past few years; and Kelly, who won the

2019 World Cup at Warilla, Melbourne, then

doubled up as a key member of the inaugural UBC

champion team at the same venue.

The event, an exci�ng 10-a-side format, will be

staged from November 29-30 at the Moama

Bowling Club in New South Wales, pi�ng world

and Commonwealth champion Aussies up against

the rest of the world's best.

Women: Jo Edwards MNZM (New Zealand),

Colleen Piketh (South Africa), Kelly McKerihen

(Canada), Ellen Falkner (England), Katherine

Rednall (England).

Rest of the World coach John Bell of England, who

is also president of World Bowls, sees his side as “a

good all-round group who know how to get the

job done.”

The women are equally formidable, with reigning

Commonwealth Games singles gold medalist,

world singles champion of champions and a six-

�me World Cup winner Edwards, Piketh a

Commonwealth Games pairs gold medalist;

McKerihen, in several podium finishes at world

Colleen Piketh, South Africa's No 1 women's lawn

bowls player is named in the Rest of the World

team to take on the mighty Australian Jackaroos in

the inaugural World Bowls Challenge (WBC).

“Terrific news for me and South African bowls”

said the blonde-haired Mossel Bay-based Protea,

about to play for her country in the Atlan�c

Tournament at Cardiff, Wales.

level, Falkner, with three Games gold medals,

four world indoor �tles and a world fours gold

medal, plus talented Rednall, 23, with gold in the

world indoors three �mes, a mixed pairs gold

with Burne� in 2016 and a triples bronze at last

year's Games in Australia.

Alan Simmonds, Media Officer, Bowls SA, from

info supplied by David Allen, editor Bowls

Interna�onal EDWARDS

MARSHALL

PIKETH

BURNETT

FALKNER

KELLY

REDNALL

BESTER

McKERIHEN

McILROY

DÉJÀ VU FORLOURENZA ‘WHO’

She is only the second woman since their Masters was inaugurated in 1971 to hold the two jewels in the crown in a single year.

Van Der Merwe adds to an impressive domes�c record. Between 2014 and this year she has twice won the EP Masters, the EP Singles and EP Pairs and played Inter Districts for EP.

Of DBN Collegians, Westville CC and Stella Park, the la�er was fastest, running at about 13.5sec; Parkhill also received favourable reports.

“Lourenza van der Merwe, is from my home town; what a year,” said South African Bowls Associa�on president Rob Forbes. “I am delighted for her.”

Having not fully recovered from an opera�on, the champion's effort was all the more commendable.

At the South African Masters earlier this year a slim, elegant lady wearing a dis�nc�ve white visor won the women's open event. “Lourenza who” the kugels intoned. It was no fluke, my dears, she has now also li�ed the coveted SA Singles crown.

A�er the one-sided final, she burst into tears once hands were shaken and a�er carrying her bowls back to the board end, dropped them two-thirds of the way to rush to her mom for a hug.

More may be upcoming in the near future.

And the Port Elizabeth star from Western Suburbs BC did it all in style, bea�ng the useful Sables singles expert Bridget Calitz (Leases) and a club mate of Protea star Nici Neal, 21-11, at the Port Natal HQ, Parkhill, in a comprehensive display.

The Port Natal tournament commi�ee of David Larkin (convenor), Maureen Florens, Don Po�s, Lynton Harrison, Marsha McCrimmon, Cynthia van der Merwe, Peter Garre�, Steve van Rooyen cleverly invoked good weather for May 11-19 … “Durban weather was fabulous. Not a drop of rain and sunshine galore… “commented a compe�tor.

Another reported greens were tricky to those not au fait with them, but considering the amount of rain the area had received a week or two earlier, speed was good.

Alan Simmonds - Media Officer

HQ was excellent in their hospitality and facili�es.

Their middle green was used for the various main play-offs including finals, which suited spectators to a tee. Plenty of sea�ng in the form of a five-�er bricked grandstand and a deck extending the length of the green.

Music hummed in the background, while there were loads of ooohs and ahhhs, especially watching Van der Merwe in her final against Calitz.

This is now pricing the event out of the reach of many. Considering many club members made the na�onals a yearly must, pensioners cannot afford the rising prices. While Bowls South Africa realises the problem, there seems li�le more they can do.

Entries were again limited. Such a pity. With only 128 in the open singles (in the “good old days” there used to be more than 1 900), 66 in the veteran singles, 150 pairs and a mere seven, yes seven sec�ons in the fours containing 77 quartets, the future looks bleak without urgent surgery.

Other results: Veteran Singles: Cheryl-Ann Edelkrant (Belgravia) 21, Hannetjie Englebrecht (Pta Municipals) 17; Pairs: Sue Tarr/Lie�e van Zyl (Harlequins) 20, Nan Roos/Noela Dryer (Dundee) 19; Fours: Pat Tiltman, Desiree Warner, Jane Bursey, Jayne Minnie (Old Selbornians) 25, Anne�e Dimant, Claire Turner, Dorothy Savage, Jennifer Eagar (Bryanston Sports) 15. Photos: Gavin du Plessis

Of course, travel is pricey and accommoda�on does not come cheap. Some were fortunate to be able to find �meshare or family to stay with, but as an example for a team travelling costs from Johannesburg were: accommoda�on for 4 for the full 10 days - R15 000; travel from Johannesburg to Durban for two return – two tanks petrol @ +/- R690 per tank and another at the venue to get around; Airfares for 2 - R4 800, plus entry fees, basic living expenses and meals and drinks.

GEORGE SNARES HIS BIGGEST WINUp in the land of the jacarandas, fabulous Lynnwood BC was again an HQ, this �me for Gauteng North's running of the Men's Na�onals - simultaneously with the women's event down in Durban.

This �me “George who” was the winner of the men's open singles - how many people have ever heard of Lekkerbreek Bowls Club, Rest and Recrea�on Camp?

S i t u a te d i n M o o k g o p h o n g – fo r m e r l y Naboomspruit – with a popula�on of 24 000 and about 45km from anywhere else of significance, except to their inhabitants of course, it's a dry, hot wilderness. Bela Bela is a be�er bet!

Moreover, Limpopo, for some while the wooden

spoonists in virtually everything they enter, have produced a significant na�onal champion.

George Grant beat talented former Protea Wayne York (Ramblers) who dri�s in and out of bowls as studies permit 21-17, but the list of “probables” in the small 400+/- entry makes serious reading.

They all disappeared from view.

Among notables were: Gerry Baker (Bryanston Sports), Thinus Oelefse (Benoni), Francois Koen (Irene), Neil Burke� (WPCC), Joel Roëbert (Mowbray)m Morgan Muvhango (Discovery), George Lo�er (VDP), Bobby Donnelly (The Wanderers), Donnie Piketh (Belgravia) and several others with a claim to fame.

OPEN SINGLES: George Grant

OPEN SINGLES: Lourenza van der Merwe

VETERAN GOLD: Cheryl Edelkraut

Catering was good for spectators and all staff/volunteers/members were friendly.

It was, however disappoin�ng organisers had to break up the finals events with the pairs being finalised on the Saturday and the singles and fours the Sunday.

It's understandable, however, because of logis�cal issues with various players in several events, but the spectators were a third of Saturday's full house for the Sunday's games.

One issue facing Bowls South Africa is the inclusion of virtual teams such as SANDF and Correc�onal Services. Maybe this is the way of the future to ensure be�er entries, one doesn't know. But this type of compromise seldom sa�sfies the majority.

FOURS MEDALISTS: Pat Tiltman, Desiree Warner, Jane Bursey, Jayne Minnie

PAIRS WINNERS: Sue Tarr andLie�e van Zyl

The Fours were spread over four venues and more convenient to administer.

The Gauteng North tournament commi�ee consisted of the experienced Sanne�e Kritzinger (convenor), Joy Slotow, Elbert Broere – who as usual produced an outstanding results service – Len Varver, Jan Wepener, Miems Pretorious and proved thoroughly efficient.

For Pairs and Singles the organisers used 12 venues, with players spread over Pretoria in all direc�ons; tournament commi�ee members visited the various venues con�nuously to ensure all went well.

Points and results were updated by each venue a�er each round and results made available to public and players in real �me, that is a�er each r o u n d . We n o � c e d t h a t r e s u l t s w e r e enthusias�cally viewed by the public.

Here again, entries were limited which meant

FOURS MEDALISTS: Jake Ireland, Ian Ireland, Haig Randall and Barry Ireland

VETERAN GOLD: Tony Doyle

WELL DONE: Visually impaired Team SA who par�cipated in an interna�onal friendly lawn bowls

tournament in Israel during May 2019, brought home four gold medals and three silver. Team: Princess

Schroeder, directed by Graham Ward, May Homer, directed by Paul Homer, Keith Orrell, directed by Daniel

Plooy, Salomie Morries directed by Jaco Ludick, Roy Peters, Ellen Labuschagne, directed by Lappies

Labuschagne and David Mpungose, directed by Karin Gouws who doubled as team manager.

PAIRS WINNERS: Brendan Ferns and Andre Rousseau

Contact was constantly maintained with players via SMS to inform of any changes in scheduling.

On the final Saturday morning there were s�ll a few players involved in more than one discipline, but by the a�ernoon it was possible to schedule all finals simultaneously on Sunday morning.

Playing on home greens, Brendan Ferns and Andre Rousseau began the last end two shots

The finals of the pairs was a nail-biter and went to the last bowl.

The fours proved amazing , with Jeppe Quondam's trio of Irelands making it a family affair.

o�en play-offs contained several players involved in both pairs and fours, so both events were rescheduled to as common venue, thus making it easier for officials and compe�tors.

Of the array of Proteas, former champions and even holders, other than Yorke and Barry Ireland, none made a final.

Other results: Veteran Singles: Tony Doyle (Honeydew) 21, Gary Nash (WPCC) 15; Fours: Jake Ireland, Ian Ireland, Haig Randall, Barry Ireland (Jeppe Quondam) 23, Craig Rimmington, Cecil Behrens, Wade Ferguson, Willem Giesing (Brackpan Mines) 14.

adri�. Their opponents, Gerald and Gordon May of Edenvale, lay two, but Ferns burnt the end.

Ferns drew a shot with his last bowl to succeed 22-20 as a packed bank erupted.

In the replay the shoe was on the other foot and May also went for a burn but the jack ended in the ditch with Wingate Park lying two.

MARGATE BRAVES THE FLOODSAlan Simmonds - Media Officer

The greens were totally flooded as the nearby river rose above the level of the greens.

Fish and pre-cast walls were found on greens which, a�er the water was pumped off, were found covered in sludge, sand and rubble.

Severe rain and subsequent flooding over four days in late April, just prior to the annual Margate Week Bowls Tournament set begin on April 29.

Hopeless? No so. Top class effort, Margate.

But lo and behold, the event took place, the greens played well and all's well that ends well.

There was insurance cover for the mowers, but

the damage to the surrounds was a municipal

expense; walkways and roads remain covered in

sand.

C l u b p re s i d e nt D e re k M c Ke c h n i e wa s

determined the tournament would proceed and

rallied members who undertook a fantas�c

clean-up.

The lawnmower storage area was totally flooded

and the mower motors had to be replaced.

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S

D E S K ROB FORBES

I salute each and every team member and their wonderful support staff, for the great credit they brought to our sport and country.

People o�en ask why bowls is not shown on TV? When it is, such as at the Commonwealth

Our Protea team ventured to Wales to contest the Atlan�c Championships. Coming on the back of a huge personal tragedy our ladies rose to the occasion and returned home as the leading women's team, securing a bronze, silver and gold medal in the process.

The men also competed admirably and bar the pairs where shot difference excluded them, they contested the play-offs of each event, winning gold in the triples.

Both secured a spot in all the disciplines for World Bowls to be held next year in Australia.

It is that uncertainty that makes each ou�ng a memorable occasion. How we react to this

Posi�oning of a cell phone through which the streaming was done was not always op�mal, but judging from comments, all viewers loved the interac�on.

Games, people who view our sport are intrigued by the game’s skill and tac�cal nuances.

Is this perfect, absolutely not, but if you were like me and caught the streaming from Wales I have no doubt you enjoyed all the ac�on; it made for interes�ng and tense viewing.

It also tells me people outside of our bowling community underes�mate the thr i l l of compe��on. The only thing you know for certain about it is that nothing is certain. A posi�on of strength can disappear in moments; likewise, a posi�on of despair can be converted to a winning posi�on with one delivery.

The reality is, without sponsors we can never afford the fees demanded by the broadcast houses. So our next op�on is to resort to social media as a pla�orm to showcase our sport.

uncertainty ul�mately determines whether we succeed in compe��ve environment.

The true value of our sport ignores the role 'luck' plays in the outcome, but is imbedded rather in a spirit of camaraderie which takes place each �me we compete.

Rob Forbes -

Memory of �me spent with others compe�ng as best we can, is far more sa�sfying than a win-at-all-costs mentality.

I have heard of people who have stopped playing bowls because they feel there is too much luck. Likewise, I hear bowls will never be an Olympic sport as it involves too much luck. The rea l i ty i s that the IOC wi l l g ive considera�on only to sports competed by a minimum required number of countries.

President, Bowls South Africa

Moreover, we as a bowling community are blessed that in our travails through life we have an opportunity to par�cipate in an ac�vity to be enjoyed in the company of people with similar values.

IT'S THE WAY WE PLAY THE GAME …

CRICKET-BOWLS TAKES OFF IN SA AND ABROAD

Known as B20 Cricket Bowls, founder Tony Norris reports the game has taken off in parts of Gauteng. It has also spread to Zimbabwe and Australia and interest has been shown in the UK.

Ÿ The club coach's use for training new members

Ÿ Coach use for assis�ng club membersŸ Club member's use for self-development

Ÿ Company team building

The amount raised using B20 is staggering. Says Norris: “At our last Big Bash we raised in excess of R8 000; our sponsor for the day, Hayward Jewellers, donated a watch as a prize.

A fund-raising idea begun at Lake Club Benoni in an inaugura�on game played by 72 bowlers, with just as many spectators, raised R3 200 towards juniors' expenses. It has since become big news.

“One club ran a Friday nights league over five evenings, but went all out with catering, raffles, and anything else that could bring in the bucks; I believe they raised in excess of R30 000 for the club.

Ÿ Fund-raisers

Alan Simmonds - Media Officer

Ÿ Inter-club challenge and leaguesŸ Inter-club fun days

Ÿ Use for corporate days

The game offers many uses such as:

The scenario is quite simple. At one end of a rink is a set of free standing wickets, at the opposite end is a scoring area with three circles, the larger outer

Says Norris: “A game is o�en 20 ends, but can be run over as many ends as required. We normally play two games of 12 ends, changing posi�ons a�er every four ends.

The game is played on the two-bowl trips principle, hence six bowls are delivered; six bowls per “over”, just as in cricket.

With others clamouring to play, Norris organised the inaugura�on day a�ended by some six clubs in the Benoni area. They filled their two greens -

The players bowl to try to dislodge the bails from the wickets, but a bowl must come to a stop no more than 1.5m behind the wicket (the pound-on shot). Then the teams bowl towards the score mat to score as many “runs” as possible.

circle being worth one run, a second circle four runs and a smaller inner circle worth six.

Material is simple. Says Norris: “Originally equipment we used were wickets constructed from electrical conduit tubing and the scoring area was string �ed around nails; simple, but it did the job. Now its sophis�cated”

A club purchases all the necessary equipment through B20 Cricket Bowls; the cost of a full set - six to accommodate a full green, six sets of free standing wickets and bails, six score mats and securing pins, six score boards to fit into a standard club score board, two set squares for determining where a bowl is in a par�cular circle, a handbook on rink set-up and the rules.

72 bowlers in two-bowl trips - since then it's just grown.

Visit the website at www.b20cricketbowls.co.za or contact tonynorris12@gmail.com

A promo�onal game with a cricket team is planned to promote both junior cricket and junior bowls.

There is no joining fee as long as the bowlers play at a bowling club and are registered with Bowls South Africa (or in the process, such as a new bowler/member).

Cost for everything is R8 000, plus postage of about R200; some clubs opt for three sets at R4 000 plus postage and build-up the balance later.

BOWLS SOUTH AFRICA

R O U N D U P

MOTIVATION With the withdrawal of financial support by

Warwick Wealth the Federa�on needs to source this shor�all from its members. This ma�er was addressed at the 2018 AGM and Districts were made aware of this impending increase. The addi�onal funding generated by this increase in 2020 will not fully compensate for the loss of the funding from Warwick and thus planned increases over the next three years will be smoothed out to minimise the annual impact on members.

It is confirmed a separate workshop will be held at Edenvale BC on Saturday, 24 August 10am-5om; the AGM at the same venue, the next day from 10.30am. Delegates' travel and accommoda�on arrangements must be made accordingly.

President: Robert Forbes (EPB); Vice-president: Ms Heather Boucher (BOR), Andrew Strong (EKB); Execu�ve: Heather Boucher, Johan Barkhuizen (NIBA), David Hamer (BGN), Anselm McLean (JBA), Jenny Sinclair (EDB), Ian Stayt (SBA), Andrew Strong.

7.1 By Bowls South Africa Execu�ve To increase affilia�on fees due to Bowls SA for

each member from 1 January 2020 to R250 pa VAT inclusive.

Bowls SA advise the 90-day no�ce period in the cons�tu�on under clauses 5.2.1, 5.2.3 and 13.1 for elec�on nomina�ons and for mo�ons to be lodged for considera�on at the annual mee�ng has now expired.

Nominated to serve on the execu�ve commi�ee are:

The documents required to be dispatched under clauses 12.3 and 13.2 of the cons�tu�on will be with clubs 45 days before the AGM. (11 July, 2019).

A vote shall take place for the posi�on of vice-president, a�er which four execu�ve members will voted in.

Mo�ons for discussion and vote:

GENERAL MEETING 2019

7.2 By Bowls South Africa Execu�ve To adopt without amendment, the new

cons�tu�on as circulated to members a�er taking cognisance of sugges�ons made by two districts.

MOTIVATION

To introduce the U/15 and U/20 Singles Tournaments as part of the U/15 and U/20 Na�onal Events. It is proposed that the Districts hold qualifying rounds before the start of the events and that entries be restricted to the Na�onal Events as follows (per age group): Districts entering 1 to 2 Teams – 1 player per District; Districts entering 3 or more teams – 2 players per District. The singles tournaments can then be played on the Monday, with the possibility of the finals being played the Friday, either together with the fours finals or directly therea�er should a player(s) be involved in the fours and singles finals, if required. To ensure that the singles tournaments are completed within the allocated �mes it is proposed that the games (including the finals) be played over a set number of ends and with each player only playing with either two or three bowls. Each District will also be required to nominate 1 marker (in each age group), that will be par�cipa�ng in the regular tournaments, to assist as markers for the events.

The introduc�on of the Singles Tournaments will further enhance the status of the current Junior (U/15 & U/20) Na�onal Events. It will also give the players an opportunity to be a Singles Na�onal Champion, a �tle that one

MOTIVATION Bowls South Africa as a Na�onal Federa�on is

a member of the South African Sports Confedera�on and Olympic Commi�ee (SASCOC) and as such has an obliga�on to comply with the provisions and direc�ves as issued by SASCOC and the Department of Sport and Recrea�on (SRSA). To quote from SASCOC's cons�tuion 'SASCOC shall have jurisdic�on in the Republic and over its Members' and members shall be subordinate to SASCOC and must comply with the Cons�tu�on of SASCOC and any direc�ve issued by SASCOC. Furthemore 'Members' cons�tu�ons and any rules or regula�ons formulated thereunder shall be approved by SASCOC and shall not be in conflict'. In recogniton of this obliga�on it has been necessary to prepare a new cons��uon which has as a founding principle the fact that council should be represented on the basis of the nine geo-poli�cal areas of our country. The contents of the cons�tu�on have been drawn up in consulta�on with both SASCOC and the Department of Sport and Recrea�on and a�er having submi�ed this to the District representa�ves for comment.

7.3 By Bowls South Africa Execu�ve

36% knockout 64% sec�onal play

241 80 321

It is proposed the format for the Open and Veteran's Singles revert to sec�onal play in place of knockout. There are two op�ons to be considered i.e. Sec�ons of 3 or Sec�ons of 4 players, both of which would result in restric�ng the field due to �me constraints, the numbers of markers, technical officials and to a lesser degree suitable playing surface.

Sec�ons of 3 192 144 336

39 % knockout 71% sec�onal play

Men - 243 respondents

can be proud to have on your sport CV. The addi�on of the one day's addi�onal play will not have a drama�c impact on the Districts' funding for the events.

Proposed Restric�on Open Veterans Total

A survey conducted at the 2019 Na�onal Championships of player preference between the two formats indicated that there is a preference is for sec�onal play, despite this resul�ng in a reduc�on of the maximum entry.

Total - 403 respondents

WOMEN

Sec�ons of 4 160 96 256

The following entries over the past three years since the introduc�on of KO format:

2017 - WPB Open Veterans Total 88 76 164

One player in each sec�on would mark; another two play.

110 51 161 2019 - PNB Open Veterans Total

NATIONALS SINGLES FORMAT

Women - 160 respondents

2018 - EKB Open Veterans Total

41% knockout 59% sec�onal play

MOTIVATION

7.4 By Bowls South Africa Execu�ve

128 68 196

MEN2017 - JBA Open Veterans Total

208 80 288

246 120 3662019 - BGN Open Veterans Total

2018 - EPB Open Veterans Total

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OBITUARIES

It is with deep regret and sadness we advise the passing of Piet Breitenbach a former president and honorary life member of Bowls South Africa. He served our sport in various capaci�es and we record our grateful thanks for his enormous contribu�on and extend condolences to his wife, Corrie his family and many friends.

WARM UP TO OURNEW WINTER SETS

PIET BREINTENBACH

Brian Thomson a former president of Ekurhuleni Bowls and president of the Gauteng Bowls Board. Has died. He served bowls with dis�nc�on in various capaci�es; condolences to his family and friends.

BRIAN THOMSON

BOWLERS DONATE BIG TIME

Clubs who par�cipated in this drive can take pride in their achievement.

Bowls SA received a cer�ficate of apprecia�on at the Bowls SA Na�onal Men's Championships held in Pretoria in recogni�on of the efforts made by bowlers.

Bowls clubs across South Africa have donated R198 000.00 to cancer research a�er a Bowls SA appeal for clubs to hold awareness days in support of this worthy cause.

COACHES TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSESBowls SA courses' schedule for 2019 - Dates, venues to be listed once a minimum of eight candidates is confirmed: Southern Districts - July

Natal - SeptemberNorthern Districts - August

Because of a large number of late withdrawals from coaches' training courses which have wasted costs, Bowls SA is to convert the registra�on fee of R250 into a non-refundable fee for all courses.