Ireland women beat New Zealand and Singapore in Hong Kong pairs

Megan Devlin and Lara Reaney added 11 points from three Hong Kong Classic pairs group matches on Tuesday 10 November.

The Irish Bowls Federation reports that Ireland beat New Zealand’s Lisa White and Kim Hemingway 11-9, 7-6 in round three, taking all six points.

Australia’s Olivia Cartwright and Natasha Van Eldik then beat Ireland 8-7, 9-4. Ireland finished 11-17 behind overall and took no points from that match.

Devlin and Reaney bounced back against Singapore’s Lee Beng Hua and Gale Ang. After a 7-7 first set, Ireland won the second 12-5 for a 19-12 aggregate and five points to one.

The federation’s later group update placed the women third after five matches. This supersedes the immediate Singapore-match caption, which had said second. The top four in each group qualify for the quarter-finals; these are intermediate standings.

Official updates: New Zealand result, Australia result and later group standings.