1997 World Indoor Bowls Championship

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 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 but his first partnening Mervyn King.

Draw & Results

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Men's Singles

First round									Second round									Quarter finals									Semi finals									Final
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
	Stephen 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
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 Corkhill	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

References

1. "Home". worldbowls.com. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
2. "Archive | The Times". thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
3. "Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-02-11.

External links

• Official website