Silver lining

The Kiwi para bowlers have had to settle for silver in their men’s triples final at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Bruce Wakefield, Barry Wynks and Mark Noble had threatened a remarkable comeback in the B6/B7/B8 final against Australia but couldn’t seal victory on the 15th and final end. At one stage the trio were down 3-10 but by the 13th end had fought back to lead 13-12 before Australia took the last end with two bowls to win 14-13. Earlier in the day, lawn bowler Shannon McIlroy was tipped out in the men’s singles quarter-finals by England’s Robert Paxton. The men’s fours of Mike Nagy, Blake Signal, Paul Girdler and Ali Forsyth beat Wales 11-10 in section play.