The first day of the World Championships in Norway saw Norfolk players make a great start in England colours. Jason Woods of Bob Carter, skipping a triple with Jason McLean at lead and Michael Doorey at two, finished Friday’s opening day with five straight wins in Triples Group A. Opening with an 11-7 win against Belgium’s Roger Wille they followed that with a 14-6 win against Vera Roelofs of the Netherlands. They knew they faced tough opposition next in the form of Ireland’s Paul Duff but made it three wins winning by 12-7. Canada’s Gary Pickering triple was next in line and Jason Woods’ triple eased to an 18-7 win against the World Championship newcomers. Woods’ triple completed a perfect first day with their biggest win yet beating Sweden’s Daniel Wennberg by 21-8. On Saturday they will complete their group games with matches against triples from Cyprus, Wales, Norway and Scotland. In Triples Group B defending World Triples Champions Jack Pye & AJ Pye of Wymondham, skipped by Adam Smith, made a superb start beating Wayne Roberts’ Isle of Man triple 20-4 but a surprise 11-9 defeat followed against Thomas Mulraine Snr’s Scottish triple. They returned to winning ways with an 11-6 win against Nick Evans of Wales and a heavy 18-4 win against Germany’s Volkar Kirmse. They faced top class opposition in their last game of the day against Gerard Conroy’s talented Irish triple and a close game finished 8-6 in favour of Ireland. On Saturday the defending champions have games against Norway, Sweden, Belgium & Canada which will complete the group stage. In the World Championship Fours Morgan Warnes and Gary Best are playing at lead and three respectively with Danny Hogben at number two and Kent’s Jody Frampton skipping. They enjoyed a perfect first day in Fours Group B with a 19-10 win against the Isle of Man’s Jim Baggs, a huge 25-2 win against Ewan Bell’s Cyprus four and a 13-5 win against Belgium’s Rita Meyers. On Saturday they have four games against Scotland, Sweden, Wales & Norway and their remaining group game is on Sunday morning against Ireland. Emily Thomas and her England rink won three games and lost one in Fours Group A. They beat fours from Belgium, Norway and Isle of Man but lost 14-4 against Michael John’s Welsh four. Adam Easthope and Nathan Caines are England’s pair in Group A and were unbeaten on Friday with wins against Ireland, Germany and Norway and draws against Darren Davies’ Welsh pair and Magnus Nordin Aronsson’s Swedish pair. That group will be completed on Saturday with the England pair playing Netherlands, Scotland, Canada and Belgium. Jim Trott & Sam Harvey are England’s pair in Group B and will be pleased with four wins and just one loss on day one. They will play pairs from Norway, Isle of Man, Scotland and Sweden on day two of the World Championships. It was a day of mixed results for England’s singles players. Matty Worden opened his day with an excellent 20-7 win against Simon Pridham of Cyprus but went down by 13-6 against Colum McHugh of Ireland in his second game. He returned to winning ways beating Stephen Gale of Isle of Man 15-4 and Canada’s Jake Masterson by 20-6 but slipped to a narrow 11-10 defeat against Norway’s Simon Larsen. On Saturday he will face players from Germany, Belgium, Wales, Sweden and and Scotland to complete his ten group matches. Ross Dunkley represents England in Group B of the singles. Dunkley lost his opening game on Friday by 17-7 against Jonas Hager of Sweden but recovered with a solid 19-6 win against Dave McCabe of the Isle of Man. His third game ended in a 14-14 draw against Terry Bradshaw of Canada but then went down 15-9 against Welsh bowler Andrew Hudson. His last game on Friday saw Dunkley beat Frans Roberts of the Netherlands by 19-8. He will complete all his group games on Saturday with games against Scotland, Ireland, Belgium & Norway.
5 wins out of 5 for Jason Woods' triple in Norway
3 wins out of 3 on the opening day