WWW.WORLDBOWLS2016.C OM 4th December 2016 Media Release Who will be ‘Queen of the Contact Details Green’ at Burnside today? The Australians struck women’s fours gold in the world Bill Fowlie bowls championships at Burnside yesterday. Ph: +64 3 358 4617 Mob: +64 22 697 3560 And its men’s team claimed silver in the triples, after one Email: [email protected] of the most gripping finals in the sport’s history, when the match went into an extra end decider after final scores were tied. Ian Watson Congratulations to England’s golden guys Rob Paxton, Ph: +64 21 666 196 Andy Knapper and Jamie Walker - and also the Aussies Email: [email protected] Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey and Barrie Lester on a brilliant final - sad there had to be a winner! Earlier in the day England’s previously unbeaten women’s four of Jamie-Lea Winch, Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King and Ellen Falkner, were comprehensively over-run by the Aussies Kelsey Cottrell, Carla Krizanic, Bec Van Asch and new world singles champion of champions Natasha Scott. This morning the Australians have a third crack at gold this weekend when its combination of Brett Wilkie and Aaron Wilson sort out the world pairs crown with Ireland’s Gary Kelly and Ian McClure. WWW.WORLDBOWLS2016.C OM WORLD BOWLS 2016 MEDIA RELEASE Who will be ‘Queen of the Green’ at Burnside today? It will be a crackerjack encounter between two richly talented teams whose contrasting style of play will be a feature. Then at 1pm the familiar Aussie wattle and green livery will feature on SKY-TV’s direct television coverage when the women’s singles final between defending champion Karen Murphy and Scotland’s Lesley Doig will decide who should don the coveted singles crown for the next four years. Murphy is seeking to become the first women to win back-to-back singles titles since Ireland’s Margaret Johnston in 2000 and 2004 _____________________ Women's fours: Final: Australia (Kelsey Cottrell, Carla Krizanic, Rebecca Van Asch, Natasha Scott) bt England (Jamie-Lea Winch, Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King, Ellen Falkner) 23-8. Gold: Australia; Silver: England; Bronze: New Zealand, Philippines. Men’s triples: Final: England (Jamie Walker, Andy Knapper, Rob Paxton) bt Australia (Barrie Lester, Mark Casey, Aron Sherriff) 15-14 (extra end). Gold: England; Silver: Australia; Bronze: Japan, New Zealand. WWW.WORLDBOWLS2016.C OM .