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 tobacco industrialists W.D. & H.O. Wills.

Draw and results

Group stages

Section A

Player 1Player 2Score
BryantFarrell21-13
BryantBungey21-13
BryantDunton21-15
BryantDonnelly21-18
DonnellyFarrell21-9
DonnellyBungey21-14
DonnellyDunton21-18
BungeyDunton21-19
BungeyFarrell21-6
DuntonFarrell21-15

Section B

Player 1Player 2Score
EvansBlake21-13
EvansLiddell21-16
EvansMatheson21-17
EvansAlley21-8
LiddellBlake21-18
BlakeMatheson21-11
BlakeAlley21-4
MathesonLiddell21-11
LiddellAlley21-16
MathesonAlley21-15