1979 World Indoor Bowls Championship

Bowls championship held in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire World Indoor Championships 1979 1 World Indoor Bowls Championships SCO Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire 10 January - 14 January 1979. World Indoor Championships 1980 The 1979 W.D. & H.O. Wills World Indoor Bowls Championship https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19790110&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Google news archives Glasgow Herald was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 10 to 14 January 1979.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19790111/047/0008 Scot gets off to flying start 11 January 1979 Aberdeen Press and Journal 12 February 2021 8 The British Newspaper Archivehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19790112/042/0008 Setback for Blake's bid 12 January 1979 Aberdeen Press and Journal 12 February 2021 8 The British Newspaper Archive The championship was a men's singles event in which David Bryant won his first title defeating Jim Donnelly 21-14 after a final that lasted 23 ends.https://somersetbowls.org.uk/david-bryant-cbe/ David Bryant CBE Somerset Bowls The event was organised by the Monklands District Council with two round robin groups of five players. It was sponsored by tobacco industrialists W.D. & H.O. Wills. Draw and results Group stages Section A ENG David Bryant P4 W4 NIR Jim Donnelly P4 W3 AUS Errol Bungey P4 W2 ENG Tony Dunton P4 W1 USA Bill Farrell P4 W0 Player 1 Player 2 ScoreBryant Farrell21-13Bryant Bungey21-13Bryant Dunton 21-15Bryant Donnelly 21-18DonnellyFarrell21-9DonnellyBungey21-14Donnelly Dunton 21-18Bungey Dunton 21-19Bungey Farrell 21-6Dunton Farrell 21-15 Section B WAL Gwyn Evans P4 W4 SCO Jim Blake P4 W2 HKG 1959 Eric Liddell P4 W2 CAN Bruce Matheson P4 W2 NZL George Alley P4 W0 Player 1 Player 2 ScoreEvans Blake 21-13Evans Liddell 21-16Evans Matheson 21-17Evans Alley 21-8Liddell Blake 21-18Blake Matheson 21-11Blake Alley 21-4Matheson Liddell 21-11Liddell Alley 21-16Matheson Alley 21-15 Medal round Semi-finals Gold medal match ENG David Bryant 21 SCO Jim Blake 17 NIR Jim Donnelly 21 WAL Gwyn Evans 15 ENG David Bryant 21 NIR Jim Donnelly 14 SCO Jim Blake 10 WAL Gwyn Evans 9 References External links Official website Category:World Indoor Bowls Championship Category:1979 in bowls