1986 World Indoor Bowls Championship

The 1986 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 03-9 February 1986.[1]Tony Allcock won the title beating Phil Skoglund in the final.

World Indoor Championships 1986
8th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location	Coatbridge &  Bournemouth
Date(s)	03-09 February / 07-13 April 1986
Category	World Indoor Championships
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The Inaugural 1986 Midland Bank World Indoor Pairs Championship was held at the Bournemouth International Centre from 7–13 April 1986.[2] David Bryant & Tony Allcock won the title beating Bob Fairbairn & Bob Stephenson in the final 5 sets to 2 (5-6, 8-3, 8-3, 10-1, 1-9, 8-5, 8-3).

Winners

Event	Winner
Men's Singles	Tony Allcock
Men's Pairs	Tony Allcock & David Bryant

Draw and results

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Men's singles

First round

Second round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

Tony Allcock

bye

Allcock

21

Cutler

18

David Cutler

21

Jim Muir

18

Allcock

21

Burrows

18

Noel Burrows

21

Rodney McCutcheon

17

Burrows

21

Peoples

13

Don Peoples

bye

Allcock

21

Belliss

Peter Belliss

bye

Belliss

21

Corsie

9

Richard Corsie

21

Andy Ross

9

Belliss

21

Sullivan

20

Terry Sullivan

bye

Sullivan

21

Souza

1

George Souza

21

Tommy Reeves

18

Allcock

21

Skoglund

15

Phil Skoglund

21

Peter Evans

20

Skoglund

21

Bransky

18

Cecil Bransky

bye

Skoglund

21

Bryant

16

David Bryant

bye

Bryant

21

Hamilton

18

David Hamilton

21

Ronnie Jones

13

Skoglund

21

Cutts

Roy Cutts

21

Kenny Williams

10

Cutts

21

Watson

15

John Watson

bye

Cutts

21

Sutherland

20

Bob Sutherland

21

Michael Pike

13

Sutherland

21

Baker

17

Jim Baker

bye

Men's Pairs

Group Stages

Group A Player 1 Player 2 Score Bellis & Skoglund Sullivan & Evans 9-5 6-4 Fairbairn & Stephenson Muirhead & Harkness 6-4 6-4 Muirhead & Harkness Bellis & Skoglund 5-6 10-2 7-4 Sullivan & Evans Fairbairn & Stephenson ? Muirhead & Harkness Sullivan & Evans 4-5 7-6 8-5 Fairbairn & Stephenson Bellis & Skoglund 2-9 7-5 5-4

Group B Player 1 Player 2 Score Baker & Allen Peoples & Williams 10-2 8-5 Nicol & Bruce Baker & Allen 1-10 5-3 5-4 Ottaway & Bel Peoples & Williams 6-3 10-3 Nicol & Bruce Ottaway & Bell 11-8 8-3 Nicol & Bruce Peoples & Williams 7-8 9-3 8-2 Ottaway & Bell Baker & Allen ?

Pos Player P W L Sets 1 Bob Fairbairn & Bob Stephenson 3 2 1 4-3 2 Fraser Muirhead & Willie Harkness 3 2 1 4-4 3 Peter Belliss & Phil Skoglund 3 1 2 4-4 4 Terry Sullivan & Russell Evans 3 1 2 3-4

Pos Player P W L Sets 1 Bruce Nicol & Ian Bruce 3 3 0 6-2 2 Jim Baker & Sammy Allen 3 1 1 3-2 3 John Ottaway & John Bell 3 1 1 2-2 4 Don Peoples & Kenny Williams 3 0 3 0-6

Group C Player 1 Player 2 Score Boettger & Jones Allcock & Bryant 7-4 6-9 7-5 Hamilton & McCutcheon Thomas & Evans 10-3 8-6 Boettger & Jones Thomas & Evans 13-0 5-4 Bryant & Allcock Thomas & Evans 8-7 10-3 Hamilton & McCutcheon Boettger & Jones 9-4 9-2 Bryant & Allcock Hamilton & McCutcheon 9-3 9-4

Group D Player 1 Player 2 Score Souza & Bransky Wood & Gourlay 10-3 8-3 Wright & Hill Montgomery & Brankin 7-5 3-7 8-4 Souza & Bransky Montgomery & Brankin 5-3 8-5 Wood & Gourlay Montgomery & Brankin 6-7 6-4 8-2 Wright & Hill Souza & Bransky 7-6 8-4 Wood & Gourlay Wright & Hill 6-5 4-7 11-1

Pos Player P W L Sets 1 David Bryant & Tony Allcock 3 2 1 5-2 2 David Hamilton & Rodney McCutcheon 3 2 1 4-2 3 Bill Boettger & Ronnie Jones 3 2 1 4-3 4 John Thomas & David Evans 3 0 3 0-6

Pos Player P W L Sets 1 Jeff Wright & Ray Hill 3 2 1 5-3 2 George Souza & Cecil Bransky 3 2 1 4-2 3 Willie Wood & David Gourlay Sr. 3 2 1 4-4 4 Willie Montgomery & Jim Brankin 3 0 3 2-6

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	Bryant & Allcock	21
	Wright & Hill	?
					Bryant & Allcock	5
					Fairbairn & Stephenson	2
	Fairbairn & Stephenson	21
	Nicol & Bruce	?

References

1. "Google news archives". Google.
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3. "Times archives". The Times.
4. "Google archives". Google.

External links

• Official website