1997 World Indoor Bowls Championship

The 1997 SAGA World World Indoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 23 January – 2 February 1997. In the singles Hugh Duff won his second title beating Andy Thomson in the final. In the pairs Tony Allcock won his seventh title in his first partnering with Mervyn King.

World Indoor Championships 1997
19th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location	Preston, Lancashire
Date(s)	23 January – 02 February, 1997.
Category	World Indoor Championships
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The Women's World Championship sponsored by British Steel took place in Llanelli from April 19–20. The event was won by Norma Shaw.^[2]

Winners

Event	Winner
Men's Singles	Hugh Duff
Women's Singles	Norma Shaw
Men's Pairs	Tony Allcock & Mervyn King

Draw and results

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Men's singles

	First round									Second round									Quarter-finals									Semi-finals
	1	David Gourlay	3
		Jeff Rabkin	1							1	Gourlay	2
	16	Greg Harlow	3							16	Harlow	3
		Kelvin Kerkow	0																16	Harlow	3
	8	Mark McMahon	3																	Glasson	0
		Kevin Schischka	0							8	McMahon	2
	9	Graham Robertson	1								Glasson	3
		Steve Glasson	3																									16	Harlow	1
	4	Hugh Duff	3																									4	Duff	3
		Mark Bantock	1							4	Duff	3
	13	Gary Smith	3							13	Smith	2
		Tony Tong	1																4	Duff	3
	5	Tony Allcock	3																5	Allcock	2
		Adrian Welch	1							5	Allcock	3																Final
	12	Stephen Rees	3							12	Rees	1
		Andrew Bushell	0																									4	Duff	7	7	7
	3	Richard Corsie	3																									2	Thomson	4	3	4
		Steve Wojcik	0							3	Corsie	2
	14	Ian Taylor	0								Brassey	3
		Rowan Brassey	3																	Brassey	3
	6	Mervyn King	3																6	King	1
		David Corkill	0							6	King	3
	11	John Price	3							11	Price	2
		Paul Foster	0																										Brassey	2
	2	Andy Thomson	3																									2	Thomson	3
		Phil McFall	1							2	Thomson	3
	15	Jeremy Henry	2								Burkett	1
		Neil Burkett	3																2	Thomson	3
	7	Wynne Richards	3																10	Schuback	1
		David Le Marquand	1							7	Richards	0
	10	Ian Schuback	3							10	Schuback	3
		David Peacock	0

Men's Pairs

	First round									Quarter-finals									Semi-finals									Final
	4	Mervyn King Tony Allcock	3
		Rowan Brassey Kevin Schischka	2							4	King Allcock	3
	5	John Price Stephen Rees	3							5	Price Rees	2
		Tony Tong Steve Wojcik	1																4	King Allcock	3
	1	Kelvin Kerkow Ian Schuback	3																1	Kerkow Schuback	0
		Mark McPeak Brian McPeak	1							1	Schuback Kerkow	3
		David Le Marquand Adrian Welch	3								Le Marquand Welch	1
	8	Neil Burkett Jeff Rabkin	1																									4	King Allcock	7	5	7	7
	2	Andy Thomson Gary Smith	2																										Morley Robinson	0	7	6	4
		Brett Morley Duncan Robinson	3								Morley Robinson	3
	7	Hugh Duff David Gourlay	3							7	Gourlay DUff	2
		Craig Richmond Tommy Woods	2																	Morley Robinson	3
	3	Mark McMahon Wynne Richards	1																	Taylor Glasson	2
		Ian Taylor Steve Glasson	3								Taylor Glasson	2
	6	Richard Corsie Graham Robertson	3							6	Corsie Robertson	1
		Gareth Jones Gareth Williams	0

Women's singles

Group stages

Group A Player 1 Player 2 Score Hazell Horman 7-6 7-5 Sutherland Nolan 7-0 7-6 Sutherland Hazell 7-5 6-7 7-3 Nolan Horman 7-4 1-7 7-6 Sutherland Horman 7-6 7-1 Hazell Nolan 7-6 7-0

Group B Player 1 Player 2 Score Castle Lowery 7-1 4-7 7-6 McAllister Wilkinson 7-4 6-7 7-6 Castle Wilkinson 7-1 7-1 McAllister Lowery 2-7 7-6 7-6 McAllister Castle 3-7 7-2 7-3 Wilkinson Lowery 7-0 2-7 7-6

Pos Player P W 1 Ann Sutherland 3 3 2 Sandy Hazell 3 2 3 Phyllis Nolan 3 1 4 Karina Horman 3 0

Pos Player P W 1 Caroline McAllister 3 3 2 Marlene Castle 3 2 3 Muriel Wilkinson 3 1 3 Jean Lowery 3 0

Group C Player 1 Player 2 Score Shaw Forrest 7-1 4-7 7-0 McGarvie Simon 7-4 6-7 7-2 Simon Forrest 7-1 7-5 Shaw McGarvie 7-2 7-4 Shaw Simon 7-4 7-1 McGarvie Forrest 7-1 7-3

Group B Player 1 Player 2 Score Roylance Merrien 7-6 7-0 Lei Suk Man Evans 7-4 5-7 7-4 Roylance Evans 7-4 7-2 Merrien Lei Suk Man 7-5 7-3 Evans Merrien 7-1 1-7 7-4 Roylance Lei Suk Man 7-6 7-0

Pos Player P W 1 Norma Shaw 3 3 2 Evelyn McGarvie 3 2 3 Ann Simon 3 1 4 R Forrest 3 0

Pos Player P W 1 Jayne Roylance 3 3 2 Alison Merrien 3 1 3 Lei Suk Man 3 1 3 Linda Evans 3 1

Knockout

	Quarter-finals									Semi-finals									Final
		Norma Shaw	7	7	3	7
		Sandy Hazell	4	0	7	2
											Shaw	6	7	4	7	7
											Castle	7	3	7	0	2
		Marlene Castle	7	7	7
		Jayne Roylance	3	3	6
																				Shaw	2	7	3	7	7
																				McAllister	7	3	7	0	5
		Caroline McAllister	7	4	7	1	7
		Evelyn McGarvie	5	7	0	7	3
											McAllister	7	3	4	2	7
											Merrien	4	6	7	7	5
		Alison Merrien	2	7	7	7
		Ann Sutherland	7	4	1	4

References

1. "Home". worldbowls.com. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
2. ""Shaw turns tables for final reward." Times [London, England] 21 Apr. 1997". The Times.
3. "Archive | The Times". thetimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
4. "Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 2015-02-11.

External links

• Official website