Day five of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games witnessed more action in the pool and an important win on the Broadbeach greens.
Lawn Bowls
Scotland’s Para Lawn Bowlers entered the final fixtures of round robin matches knowing that victories were required to secure progression to the semi-final stages of both the B6/B7/B8 Open Triple and B2/B3 Mixed Pair competitions.
First up were the B2/B3 Mixed Pair who had a record of two wins and two losses to date. Irene Edgar and Robert Barr, with Directors David Thomas and Sarah Jane Ewing were facing the host Nation, Australia knowing that their fate as still in their own hands.
There was little to choose between the two teams in the early stages of the match and after 10 ends the scores were tied at 11-11. However, the Scots upped their game in the closing stages to edge out the Australians to win 15-11. Scotland had secured their place in the B2/B3 semi-finals where they will once again face the Australians. The second semi-final will see South Africa play Wales.
The B6/B7/B8 Open Triple were also in desperate need of a victory in their final round robin match and needed to overcome South Africa if they were to progress to the semi-final.
The Scottish triple of Michael Simpson, Garry Brown and Mike Nicoll fought until the end but lost out 15-7 meaning they failed to qualify for the semi-final stages.
Swimming
Toni Shaw was competing at the Optus Aquatic Centre for the final race in her 2018 Gold Coast programme with the SB9 100m Breaststroke. The Aberdeen youngster posted a time of 1:29.94 in her heat, well inside her personal best of 1:34.98.
Toni brought the curtain down on her Gold Coast Games with a time of 1:27.99 in the final, knocking almost two seconds of her new personal best to secure a seventh place finish.
Day six of the Gold Coast Games will see the B2/B3 Mixed Pair in semi-final action and Sammi Kinghorn take to the track for the first time in the T54 1500m.
For a comprehensive overview of the Gold Coast Games go to;
https://scottishdisabilitysport.com/2018-gold-coast-commonwealth-games/
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