1992 World Indoor Bowls Championship

The 1992 Midland Bank World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 21 February - 1 March 1992.[2][3][4][5]

World Indoor Championships 1992
14th World Indoor Bowls Championships
LocationEngland Preston, Lancashire
Date(s)21 February - 01 March, 1992.
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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In the Singles Ian Schuback won the title beating John Price in the final. Schuback had beaten David Holt in the quarter-finals in a match that lasted four hours 45 minutes. In the Pairs David Bryant and Tony Allcock secured their sixth world title and fourth consecutive title.

The Women's World Indoor Championship took place in Guernsey during April with the final being held on 5 April. The event was won by Sarah Gourlay.[6]

Winners

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Event Winner
Men's Singles   Ian Schuback
Women's Singles   Sarah Gourlay
Men's Pairs   Tony Allcock &   David Bryant

Draw and results

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Men's singles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
2   Ian Schuback 7 7 4 5 7
  Mel Biggs 5 4 7 7 6 2   Schuback 7 5 7 7
  Gary Lawson 7 7 7   Lawson 4 7 0 2
15   Graham Robertson 6 6 4 2   Schuback 3 7 7 2 7
7   Hugh Duff 7 5 7 7   Holt 7 0 6 7 6
  Ian McClure 2 7 5 2 7   Duff
  David Holt 7 7 2 7   Holt
10   Willie Wood 5 5 7 5 2   Schuback 2 7 7 6 7
6   Gary Smith 7 7 1 7 6   Smith 7 1 4 7 6
  Keith Roney 4 1 7 1 6   Smith 7 3 4 7 7
11   David Corkill 2 7 6 7 7 11   Corkill 2 7 7 1 4
  Cecil Bransky 7 0 7 6 6 6   Smith 6 2 7 7 7
14   Wynne Richards 7 7 3 7 14   Richards 7 7 1 3 0
  Rowan Brassey 2 2 7 0 14   Richards 7 2 2 7 7 Final
3   Tony Allcock 2 7 7 7 3   Allcock 0 7 7 5 5
  Peter Mutter 7 6 4 2 2   Schuback 5 7 7 7
8   John Price 7 7 7 8   Price 7 6 6 4
  Trevor Morris 2 2 4 8   Price 7 7 6 7
9   Rob Parrella 7 6 5 7 7 9   Parella 6 5 7 6
  Carl Lewis 0 7 7 5 3 8   Price 7 5 7 4 7
16   Jim Baker 7 7 7 16   Baker 4 7 3 7 2
  Brian Baldwin 5 5 2 16   Baker 7 4 2 7 7
1   Richard Corsie 7 5 7 7 1   Corsie 2 7 7 6 4
  Jason Greenslade 2 7 3 2 8   Price 7 7 6 5 7
12   Stephen Rees 7 7 5 7 12   Rees 4 6 7 7 5
  Adrian Welch 3 4 7 2 12   Rees 7 7 4 7
  Jim McCann 7 7 7   McCann 6 6 7 1
5   Mark McMahon 3 2 3 12   Rees 7 7 7
4   Andy Thomson 2 7 7 7 4   Thomson 6 1 1
  Alex Marshall 7 4 4 5 4   Thomson 7 7 2 1 7
13   David Bryant 7 7 7 13   Bryant 2 6 7 7 6
  Lee Nixon 2 4 3

Men's Pairs

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   David Bryant

  Tony Allcock

7 7 5 7
  Ronnie Garland

  Victor McCrea

1 2 7 2 1   Bryant

  Allcock

5 7 0 7 7
  Mel Biggs

  Wynne Richards

7 5 7 7   Biggs

  Richards

7 4 7 4 0
  Lee Nixon

  Adrian Welch

2 7 6 1 1   Bryant

  Allcock

3 7 7 1 7
  Ian McClure

  Stephen Adamson

1 7 2 7 7   McClure

  Adamson

7 1 5 7 3
4   Andy Thomson

  Gary Smith

7 5 7 6 6   McClure

  Adamson

7 7 4 5 7
5   Cecil Bransky

  Mark McMahon

0 7 7 4 7 5   Bransky

  McMahon

5 4 7 7 3
  W Killa

  Brian Kingdon

7 1 0 7 2 1   Bryant

  Allcock

7 7 4 7
  Rob Parrella

  Ian Schuback

7 4 4 7 7   Parrella

  Schuback

5 3 7 4
  David Gourlay Jr.

  Robert McCulloch

5 7 7 1 5   Parrella

  Schuback

7 7 7
  Brian Baldwin

  Rowan Brassey

  Baldwin

  Brassey

2 2 5
 

 

  Parrella

  Schuback

7 7 7
2   Richard Corsie

  Willie Wood

7 7 7 2   Corsie

  Wood

4 5 6
  Gary Lawson

  Trevor Morris

2 6 2 2   Corsie

  Wood

7 7 7
7   Graham Robertson

  Jim Muir

7 7 7 7   Robertson

  Muir

0 1 5
  Jason Greenslade

  David Harding

3 3 0

Women's singles

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Group stages

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Group C
Player 1 Player 2 Score
Gourlay le Feuvre 7-1 7-5
Stead Jones 7-6 7-3
Jones Gourlay 5-7 7-4 7-6
Stead le Feuvre 2-7 7-0 7-6
Gourlay Stead 7-4 2-7 7-4
le Feuvre Jones 7-2 7-6
Pos Player P W
1   Val Stead 3 2
2   Sarah Gourlay 3 2
3   Wilma le Feuvre 3 1
4   M Jones 3 1

Knockout

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                     
  Sarah Gourlay 7 2 7 7
  Margaret Letham 2 7 3 1
  Gourlay 7 0 7 4 7
  Johnston 3 7 5 7 0
  Margaret Johnston 0 7 7 7
  Doreen Hankin 7 3 3 2
  Gourlay 4 7 7 7
  Price 7 0 3 2
  Mary Price 3 7 7 7
  Barbara Cameron 7 3 3 3
  Price 7 7 7
  Froud 5 5 2
  Sylvia Froud 0 7 7 7
  Val Stead 7 4 3 0
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References

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  1. ^ "Home". worldbowls.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Corsie Wood pair in semi final". Dundee Courier. 26 February 1992. p. 61. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Scots interest guaranteed". Dundee Courier. 21 February 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Indoor bowling". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 22 February 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "McCann puts out McMahon". Dundee Courier. 18 February 1992. Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 6 Apr. 1992". The Times.
  7. ^ "Oxfordshire Library Archives". The Times Archives.