1986 World Indoor Bowls Championship

The 1986 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 3 February to 9 February 1986. Tony Allcock won the title, beating Phil Skoglund in the final.

World Indoor Championships 1986
8th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location	Coatbridge and  Bournemouth
Date(s)	3–9 February and 7–13 April 1986
Category	World Indoor Championships
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The inaugural 1986 Midland Bank World Indoor Pairs Championship was held at the Bournemouth International Centre, from 7 April to 13 April 1986. David Bryant and Tony Allcock won the title, beating Bob Fairbairn and Bob Stephenson in the final, 5 sets to 2 (5–6, 8–3, 8–3, 10–1, 1–9, 8–5, 8–3).

Winners

Event	Winner
Men's singles	Tony Allcock
Men's pairs	Tony Allcock and David Bryant

Draw and results

Men's singles

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Tony Allcock

bye

Allcock

21

Cutler

18

David Cutler

21

Jim Muir

18

Allcock

21

Burrows

18

Noel Burrows

21

Rodney McCutcheon

17

Burrows

21

Peoples

13

Don Peoples

bye

Allcock

21

Belliss

Peter Belliss

bye

Belliss

21

Corsie

9

Richard Corsie

21

Andy Ross

9

Belliss

21

Sullivan

20

Terry Sullivan

bye

Sullivan

21

Souza

1

George Souza

21

Tommy Reeves

18

Allcock

21

Skoglund

15

Phil Skoglund

21

Peter Evans

20

Skoglund

21

Bransky

18

Cecil Bransky

bye

Skoglund

21

Bryant

16

David Bryant

bye

Bryant

21

Hamilton

18

David Hamilton

21

Ronnie Jones

13

Skoglund

21

Cutts

Roy Cutts

21

Kenny Williams

10

Cutts

21

Watson

15

John Watson

bye

Cutts

21

Sutherland

20

Bob Sutherland

21

Michael Pike

13

Sutherland

21

Baker

17

Jim Baker

bye

Men's pairs

Group stages

Group A
Player 1	Player 2	Score
Bellis & Skoglund	Sullivan & Evans	9-5 6-4
Fairbairn & Stephenson	Muirhead & Harkness	6-4 6-4
Muirhead & Harkness	Bellis & Skoglund	5-6 10-2 7-4
Sullivan & Evans	Fairbairn & Stephenson	8-5 9-6
Muirhead & Harkness	Sullivan & Evans	4-5 7-6 8-5
Fairbairn & Stephenson	Bellis & Skoglund	2-9 7-5 5-4

Group B
Player 1	Player 2	Score
Baker & Allen	Peoples & Williams	10-2 8-5
Nicol & Bruce	Baker & Allen	1-10 5-3 5-4
Ottaway & Bel	Peoples & Williams	6-3 10-3
Nicol & Bruce	Ottaway & Bell	11-8 8-3
Nicol & Bruce	Peoples & Williams	7-8 9-3 8-2
Ottaway & Bell	Baker & Allen	?

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Sets
1	Bob Fairbairn & Bob Stephenson	3	2	1	4-3
2	Fraser Muirhead & Willie Harkness	3	2	1	4-4
3	Peter Belliss & Phil Skoglund	3	1	2	4-4
4	Terry Sullivan & Russell Evans	3	1	2	3-4

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Sets
1	Bruce Nicol & Ian Bruce	3	3	0	6-2
2	Jim Baker & Sammy Allen	3	1	1	3-2
3	John Ottaway & John Bell	3	1	1	2-2
4	Don Peoples & Kenny Williams	3	0	3	0-6

Group C
Player 1	Player 2	Score
Boettger & Jones	Allcock & Bryant	7-4 6-9 7-5
Hamilton & McCutcheon	Thomas & Evans	10-3 8-6
Boettger & Jones	Thomas & Evans	13-0 5-4
Bryant & Allcock	Thomas & Evans	8-7 10-3
Hamilton & McCutcheon	Boettger & Jones	9-4 9-2
Bryant & Allcock	Hamilton & McCutcheon	9-3 9-4

Group D
Player 1	Player 2	Score
Souza & Bransky	Wood & Gourlay	10-3 8-3
Wright & Hill	Montgomery & Brankin	7-5 3-7 8-4
Souza & Bransky	Montgomery & Brankin	5-3 8-5
Wood & Gourlay	Montgomery & Brankin	6-7 6-4 8-2
Wright & Hill	Souza & Bransky	7-6 8-4
Wood & Gourlay	Wright & Hill	6-5 4-7 11-1

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Sets
1	David Bryant & Tony Allcock	3	2	1	5-2
2	David Hamilton & Rodney McCutcheon	3	2	1	4-2
3	Bill Boettger & Ronnie Jones	3	2	1	4-3
4	John Thomas & David Evans	3	0	3	0-6

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Sets
1	Jeff Wright & Ray Hill	3	2	1	5-3
2	George Souza & Cecil Bransky	3	2	1	4-2
3	Willie Wood & David Gourlay Sr.	3	2	1	4-4
4	Willie Montgomery & Jim Brankin	3	0	3	2-6

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold-medal match
	Bryant Allcock	21
	Wright Hill	?
					Bryant Allcock	5
					Fairbairn Stephenson	2
	Fairbairn Stephenson	21
	Nicol Bruce	?

External links

• Official website