Sian lands gold in lawn bowls triples

SIAN Honnor skipped England to the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games women’s lawn bowls triples final in Glasgow last night.
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Sian Honnor

Homefield Park bowler and Worthing Herald chief reporter Honnor and her team mates, Sophie Tolchard and Ellen Falkner, defeated Australia 22-4 in the final.

England scored five shots on both the first and third ends to lead 11-0 after three ends.

They moved 20-1 ahead by ten ends, before comfortably seeing out the victory.

England had defeated Wales 18-13 in the semi-finals.

In the bronze medal match, South Africa beat Wales 23-14.