The 1979 W.D. & H.O. Wills World Indoor Bowls Championship
was held at the
Coatbridge indoor bowling club,
North Lanarkshire,
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
, from 10 to 14 January 1979.
[
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.]Monklands District Council
Monklands (''Bad nam Manach'' in Scottish Gaelic) was, between 1975 and 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.
The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from:
*The burg ...
with two round robin groups of five players. It was sponsored by W.D. & H.O. Wills.[
]
Draw and results
Group stages
Section A
* David Bryant P4 W4
* Jim Donnelly P4 W3
* Errol Bungey P4 W2
* Tony Dunton P4 W1
* Bill Farrell P4 W0
Section B
* Gwyn Evans P4 W4
* Jim Blake P4 W2
* Eric Liddell
Eric Henry Liddell (; 16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when p ...
P4 W2
* Bruce Matheson P4 W2
* George Alley P4 W0
Medal round
References
External links
Official website
{{World Indoor Bowls Championship
World Indoor Bowls Championship
1979 in bowls