Ireland men bounce back against Club de Recreio in Hong Kong pairs

Ireland’s Shane Leonard and Stephen Kirkwood recovered from an opening defeat to take six points against Club de Recreio in their second Hong Kong Classic pairs group match on Monday 9 November.

The Irish Bowls Federation reports that Leonard and Kirkwood beat Raymond Ho and Edwin Man 10-6, 8-6, finishing 18-12 ahead on aggregate shots and taking all six available points.

Earlier, Ireland lost 5-9, 4-9 to Singapore’s Jonathan Ho and Hariman Yuen, with Singapore taking six points to Ireland’s zero.

See the official opening-match result. These are the first two group results, rather than a final tournament placing.