1979 World Indoor Bowls Championship
# 1979 World Indoor Bowls Championship

The 1979 W.D. & H.O. Wills World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at the Coatbridge indoor bowling club, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, from 10 to 14 January 1979.

The championship was a men's singles event in which David Bryant won his first title defeating Jim Donnelly 21-14 after a final that lasted 23 ends. The event was organised by the Monklands District Council with two round robin groups of five players. It was sponsored by W.D. & H.O. Wills.

## Draw and results

### Group stages

**Section A**

* David Bryant P4 W4
* Jim Donnelly P4 W3
* Errol Bungey P4 W2
* Tony Dunton P4 W1
* Bill Farrell P4 W0

| Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Bryant | Farrell | 21-13 |
| Bryant | Bungey | 21-13 |
| Bryant | Dunton | 21-15 |
| Bryant | Donnelly | 21-18 |
| Donnelly | Farrell | 21-9 |
| Donnelly | Bungey | 21-14 |
| Donnelly | Dunton | 21-18 |
| Bungey | Dunton | 21-19 |
| Bungey | Farrell | 21-6 |
| Dunton | Farrell | 21-15 |

**Section B**

* Gwyn Evans P4 W4
* Jim Blake P4 W2
* Eric Liddell P4 W2
* Bruce Matheson P4 W2
* George Alley P4 W0

| Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Evans | Blake | 21-13 |
| Evans | Liddell | 21-16 |
| Evans | Matheson | 21-17 |
| Evans | Alley | 21-8 |
| Liddell | Blake | 21-18 |
| Blake | Matheson | 21-11 |
| Blake | Alley | 21-4 |
| Matheson | Liddell | 21-11 |
| Liddell | Alley | 21-16 |
| Matheson | Alley | 21-15 |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| David Bryant | 21 |
| Jim Blake | 17 | | |
| Jim Blake | 17 | David Bryant | 21 |
| | | Jim Donnelly | 14 |
| Jim Donnelly | 21 | Jim Donnelly | 14 |
| Gwyn Evans | 15 | | |
| Gwyn Evans | 15 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Jim Blake | 10 |
| | | Gwyn Evans | 9 |
