DESPITE fine wins in the singles from Matt Le Ber and Lucy Beere in the Atlantic bowls championships in Cyprus yesterday, Guernsey were in danger of entering the record books for all the wrong reasons.

IT WAS worth waiting for.

A DISAPPOINTED Kris Bichard has had to pull out of the Atlantic bowls championships, which are scheduled to get under way in the unusual setting of the Athena Beach Hotel in picturesque Paphos on Monday.

FOR the 10th time, Guernsey have won the Channel Islands team trophy after a dominating performance on CI Championship finals day at the Corbet Field.

THERE should be no doubt now – if there was any – who is the No. 1 bowler in the island.

MATT LE BER matched Stewart Anderson for much of their WIBC world indoor singles quarter-final in Pontllanfraith, but lost in straight sets as the young Scot booked his place in the semi-finals.

MATT LE BER, who notched up that astonishing 12-1, 12-1 win over BBC TV commentator David Corkill on Tuesday, gave Guernsey supporters something to cheer in the WIBC world indoor bowls championships in south Wales yesterday.

ALI MERRIEN chalked up two excellent wins to complete her group programme in the Commonwealth Games women’s singles championship in Delhi yesterday and raised her position in the league table to sixth.

VALE bowls ace Matt Le Ber, who had high hopes of winning the British Isles men’s outdoor singles title at Worthing yesterday, was disappointed to lose in the final to Scottish champion Allister James Reid, 21-14.

GUERNSEY’S ambitious lawn bowlers have qualified for two finals in the British Isles men’s outdoor bowls championships in Worthing, where they are hoping to win the singles and pairs titles today.