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Singles Final: Shannon McIlroy (NZ) 21 Ryan Bester (Canada) 17. Gold medal: McIlroy. Silver: Bester. Bronze: Darren Burnett (Scotland), Aron Sherriff (Australia). Fours Final: New Zealand (Ali Forsyth, Mike Nagy, Mike Kernaghan, Blake Signal) 23 Australia (Mark Casey, Barrie Lester, Aaron Wilson, Brett Wilkie) 3. Gold medal: New Zealand. Silver: Australia. Bronze: Scotland (Alex Marshall, Paul Foster, Ian McLean, Ronnie Duncan), Ireland (Martin McHugh, Ian McClure, Neil Mulholland, Simon Martin).

WOMEN

Pairs Final: Wales (Jess Sims, Laura Daniel) 16 New Zealand 15 (Jo Edwards, Angela Boyd) 15. Gold medal: Wales. Silver: New Zealand. Bronze: England (Sophie Tolchard, Ellen Falkner), Scotland (Lauren Baillie, Lesley Doig). Triples Final: Australia (Rebecca van Asch, Carla Krizanic, Natasha Scott) 17 Wales (Anwen Butten, Kathy Pearce, Emma Woodcock) 6. Gold medal: Australia. Silver: Wales. Bronze: Malaysia (Azlina Arshad, Nov Hashimah Ismail, Nur Fidrah Noh), South Africa (Elma Davis, Susan Nel, Sylvia Burns).

TEAMS

Leonard Trophy top men’s squad: New Zealand (gold medals: singles, fours; bronze: pairs, triples). Taylor Trophy top women’s squad: Australia (gold medals: singles, triples, fours).

MEDALS TABLE

7: Australia, New Zealand. 5: Scotland. 3: England. 2: Ireland, Wales, Canada. 1: Philippine­s, Japan, Malaysia, South Africa.

DID YOU KNOW?

Shannon McIlroy became NZ’s second men’s world singles champion after Peter Belliss (1984).

Ali Forsyth’s side were the third NZ men’s fours gold medallists after earlier titles in 1966 and 2008.

All five NZ men (McIlroy, Forsyth, Mike Kernaghan, Mike Nagy and Blake Signal) won gold medals.

This was Dave Edwards’ last world championsh­ips as Blackjacks head coach. He has overseen 17 medals (6 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze) since 2008.

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