Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was the tenth appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games. Competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978.
The Commonwealth Lawn Bowling Club in Coronation Park, Woodcroft, played host to the bowling events.
Hong Kong topped the lawn bowls medal table by virtue of winning two gold medals.
Medal table
Medallists Event Gold Silver BronzeMen's singles David Bryant John Snell John Russell Evans Men's pairs Eric Liddell Saco Delgado Alex McIntosh Willie Wood Jim Morgan Ray WilliamsMen's fours Philip Chok M B Hassan Jr. Omar Dallah Roberto da Silva David Baldwin Morgan Moffat John Malcolm Phil Skoglund Ellis Stanbury Gwyn Evans Ian Sutherland Jock Thompson
Results David Bryant defended his title with a fourth successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, the fifth of his medals cache despite not competing in 1966.Hong Kong win both the Pairs and Fours.
Men's singles – round robin Pos Player P W L F A Pts 1 David Bryant 15 13 2 310 172 26 2 John Snell 15 11 4 288 210 22 3 John Russell Evans 15 11 4 286 215 22 4 Kerry Clark 15 10 5 292 205 20 5 David McGill 15 10 5 277 233 20 6 Bruce Matheson 15 9 6 280 238 18 7 George Souza Jr. 15 9 6 269 231 18 8 Arthur McKernan 15 9 6 268 250 18 9 Robert Madden 15 8 8 260 245 16 10 Stan Espie 15 7 8 242 266 14 11 Charlie Woodhard 15 7 8 235 276 14 12 Cyril Turner 15 5 10 220 278 10 13 Ram Harakh 15 5 10 218 279 10 14 Si’imoa Tolova’a 15 4 11 198 296 8 15 Thomas Green 15 2 13 192 289 4 16 Denis Gosden 15 0 15 163 315 0
Men's pairs – round robin Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Eric Liddell & Saco Delgado 13 10 0 3 291 213 20 2 Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood 13 9 0 4 321 211 18 3 Jim Morgan & Ray Williams 13 9 0 4 304 213 18 4 Bruno Panozzo & Geoff Oakley 13 9 0 4 301 216 18 5 Graham Jarvis & Ronnie Jones 13 9 0 4 296 221 18 6 Ivan Kostanich & Bob McDonald 13 8 1 4 286 239 17 7 Brendan McBrien & John Higgins 13 8 0 5 275 228 16 8 Chris Ward & Jim Ashman 13 7 1 5 259 237 15 9 Robert Balenzuela & William Madden 13 7 0 6 230 256 14 10 Fetalaiga Kirisome & Maurice Fenn 13 3 1 9 198 291 7 11 George Thaggard & Peter Oates 13 3 0 10 217 282 6 12 Harry Smith & Reg Fright 13 2 2 9 217 350 6 13 Derek Pocock & Michael O'Connor 13 2 1 10 181 347 5 14 Edward Davy & Peter Crossan 13 2 0 11 205 277 4
Men's fours – round robin Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Philip Chok, M B Hassan Jr., Omar Dallah, Roberto da Silva 14 12 0 2 300+ 226+ 24 2 David Baldwin, Morgan Moffat, John Malcolm, Phil Skoglund 14 11 1 2 333 223 23 3 Ellis Stanbury, Gwyn Evans, Ian Sutherland, Jock Thompson 14 9 2 3 304 225 20 4 Jimmy Donnelly, Michael Dunlop, Willie Murray, Willie Watson 14 9 1 4 297+ 211+ 19 5 Doug Copland, John Fleming, Dick Bernard, Willie Adrain 14 8 2 4 303 256 18 6 Charlie Burch, Mal Hughes, Bob Robertson, Bill Irish 14 8 1 5 285 218 17 7 Clarence Watkins, Errol Bungey, John Wilson, Philip Bushby 14 7 0 6 272 256 15 8 George Hodkinson, Jeffrey McLean, John Keeling, Thomas Powell 14 7 0 7 275 265 14 9 Clarence Blondel, Cyril Smith, Derek Hurford, Norman Leber 14 6 0 7 254 303 13 10 Clifford De Rungary, High Barnes, Sydney Meredith, Williams Watson 14 5 0 8 232 323 11 11 Robert Henderson, Rolf Meyer, Thomas Menton, Thomas Langton 14 5 0 9 254 263 10 12 Asaili Hughes, Neumi Tabuyaqona, Peter Fong, Peter Underhill 14 4 1 8 251 291 10 13 Barrie McFadden, Burnie Gill, James Morrison, Neal Salkeld 14 4 0 10 249 293 8 14 David Thompson, John Thomas, Ken Thomson, Willem Lorentz 14 3 0 11 206 320 6 15 Ale Sam Ale, Falevi Petana, Lata’a Devoe, Sioane Tapasu Lino 14 1 0 11 208 350 2 + Missing Hong Kong v N Ireland score
References
See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games