FEW islanders have put Guernsey on the world map more than Alison Merrien, now eight times ‘world’ bowls champion of some sort or another.

ALISON MERRIEN this morning stormed to her eighth world title in 12 years.

ALISON MERRIEN is through to another women’s Bowls World Cup final.

THE weekend brought more good news from Down Under with Ian and Alison Merrien marching on confidently into the knockout stages of the men’s and women’s Bowls World Cup at the Warilla club in New South Wales.

ANOTHER good day for Guernsey at the Bowls World Cup in Australia.

ALISON MERRIEN kept her unbeaten record intact in the WBL Women’s World Cup at the Warilla club in New South Wales yesterday.

ANOTHER long-standing indoor bowls record was shattered in Swansea yesterday – and it was Guernsey ace Ali Merrien who once again broke new ground and underlined her claims to stardom within the sport.

WHEN you are as successful as Alison Merrien, sometimes something has to give.

THE Stavrou jinx continues for Guernsey’s world-class bowls star Alison Merrien, who lost her hold on the World Matchplay singles title at Potters Leisure resort in Hopton-on-Sea, near Lowestoft, yesterday.

ALISON MERRIEN’S women’s singles title defence at the Fred Olsen Cruise Lines World Indoor Bowls Championship is over.