World Indoor Championships 1998
20th World Indoor Bowls Championships
LocationEngland Preston, Lancashire
Date(s)13–23 January 1998.
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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The 1998 SAGA World World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 13–23 January 1998.
In the Singles the unseeded Paul Foster, a 100-1 outsider[2] won his first title beating Mervyn King in the final.
In the Pairs Richard Corsie and Graham Robertson won defeating Andy Thomson and Gary Smith in the final.

The Women's World Championship took place at the Selwyn Samuel Centre in Llanelli from April 22–28. The event was won by Caroline McAllister.[3]

Winners

Event Winner
Men's Singles Scotland Paul Foster
Women's Singles Scotland Caroline McAllister
Men's Pairs Scotland Richard Corsie & Scotland Graham Robertson

Draw and results

[4]

Men's singles

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1 Scotland Hugh Duff 2
England Les Gillett 3 England Gillett 0
16 Australia Ian Taylor 0 Scotland Foster 3
Scotland Paul Foster 3 Scotland Foster 3
8 Australia Ian Schuback 1 Wales Greenslade 2
Wales Jason Greenslade 3 Wales Greenslade 3
9 Australia Mark McMahon 2 Hong Kong Kennedy 0
Hong Kong Noel Kennedy 3 Scotland Foster 3
4 Scotland Richard Corsie 1 12 Wales Price 1
England Robert Newman 3 England Newman 3
13 England Greg Harlow 3 13 England Harlow 2
Northern Ireland Gary McCloy 0 England Newman 0
5 England Tony Allcock 1 12 Wales Price 3
Northern Ireland Neil Booth 3 Northern Ireland Booth 1 Final
12 Wales John Price 3 12 Wales Price 3
Scotland Robert Marshall 2 Scotland Foster 7 5 7 7
3 England Mervyn King 3 3 England King 1 7 5 4
Australia Steve Glasson 2 3 England King 3
14 England Gary Smith 3 14 England Smith 0
Jersey Lee Nixon 2 3 England King 3
6 Scotland David Gourlay 2 England Jackson 2
England Billy Jackson 3 England Jackson 3
11 New Zealand Rowan Brassey 3 11 New Zealand Brassey 1
Canada George Whitelaw 2 3 England King 3
2 England Andy Thomson 1 10 Wales Rees 2
Wales Robert Weale 3 Wales Weale 1
15 Scotland Graham Robertson 3 15 Scotland Robertson 3
Guernsey Adrian Welch 1 15 Scotland Robertson 1
7 England Wynne Richards 3 10 Wales Rees 3
New Zealand Mike Galloway 1 7 England Richards 0
10 Wales Stephen Rees 3 10 Wales Rees 3
Republic of Ireland Jeremy Henry 1

Men's Pairs

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 England Mervyn King

England Tony Allcock

3
Wales Jason Greenslade

Wales David Harding

2 1 England King

England Allcock

7 4 7 6 5
8 Australia Mark McMahon

Australia Steve Glasson

3 8 Australia McMahon

Australia Glasson

6 7 1 7 7
England Alan Springell

England Gary Grace

0 8 Australia McMahon

Australia Glasson

2
4 Scotland Richard Corsie

Scotland Graham Robertson

3 4 Scotland Corsie

Scotland Robertson

3
Northern Ireland Jeremy Henry

Northern Ireland Neil Booth

2 4 Scotland Corsie

Scotland Robertson

7 7 7
5 England Wynne Richards

England Greg Harlow

1 Northern Ireland Hogg

Northern Ireland McCloy

1 1 4
8 Northern Ireland Gary McCloy

Northern Ireland Colin Hogg

3 4 Scotland Corsie

Scotland Robertson

7 4 6 7 7
2 England Andy Thomson

England Gary Smith

3 2 England Thomson

England Smith

4 7 7 1 0
Hong Kong Noel Kennedy

Canada George Whitelaw

2 2 England Thomson

England Smith

7 7 7
7 Australia Ian Schuback

Australia Ian Taylor

3 7 Australia Schuback

Australia Taylor

2 2 5
Jersey Lee Nixon

Guernsey Adrian Welch

1 2 England Thomson

England Smith

3
3 Wales John Price

Wales Stephen Rees

3 3 Wales Price

Wales Rees

2
New Zealand Rowan Brassey

New Zealand Mike Galloway

0 3 Wales Price

Wales Rees

7 5 7 7
6 Scotland Hugh Duff

Scotland David Gourlay

3 6 Scotland Duff

Scotland Gourlay

4 7 4 1
Scotland Alex Marshall

Scotland Alex Ross

1

Women's singles

Group stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                     
Scotland Caroline McAllister 5 7 1 7 7
Scotland Kate Adams 7 5 7 4 6
Scotland McAllister 7 7 5 7
England Shaw 2 1 7 2
England Norma Shaw 5 7 7 7
Hong Kong Linda Smith 7 2 3 4
Scotland McAllister 7 2 7 7
England Ashby 3 7 5 3
England Carol Ashby 7 2 7 7
Jersey Lindsey Le Long 3 7 3 4
England Ashby 7 7 7
Wales Tanner 1 4 4
Wales Maureen Tanner

References

  1. ^ "Home".
  2. ^ Jones, David Rhys (18 January 2000). "Kennedy fashions victory, Times [London, England] 18 Jan 1998". The Times. p. 46.
  3. ^ "David Rhys Jones. "McAllister leads generation game."". The Times.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". The Times. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2014-12-28.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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