title: 1979 World Indoor Bowls Championship
text: # 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 W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  
  ## Draw and results
  
  ### Group stages
  
  **Section A**
  
  * David Bryant P4 W4
  * Jim Donnelly P4 W3
  * Errol Bungey P4 W2
  * Tony Dunton P4 W1
  * Bill Farrell P4 W0
  
  | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bryant | Farrell | 21-13 |
  | Bryant | Bungey | 21-13 |
  | Bryant | Dunton | 21-15 |
  | Bryant | Donnelly | 21-18 |
  | Donnelly | Farrell | 21-9 |
  | Donnelly | Bungey | 21-14 |
  | Donnelly | Dunton | 21-18 |
  | Bungey | Dunton | 21-19 |
  | Bungey | Farrell | 21-6 |
  | Dunton | Farrell | 21-15 |
  
  **Section B**
  
  * Gwyn Evans P4 W4
  * Jim Blake P4 W2
  * Eric Liddell P4 W2
  * Bruce Matheson P4 W2
  * George Alley P4 W0
  
  | Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Evans | Blake | 21-13 |
  | Evans | Liddell | 21-16 |
  | Evans | Matheson | 21-17 |
  | Evans | Alley | 21-8 |
  | Liddell | Blake | 21-18 |
  | Blake | Matheson | 21-11 |
  | Blake | Alley | 21-4 |
  | Matheson | Liddell | 21-11 |
  | Liddell | Alley | 21-16 |
  | Matheson | Alley | 21-15 |
  
  ### Medal round
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | David Bryant | 21 |
  | Jim Blake | 17 | | |
  | Jim Blake | 17 | David Bryant | 21 |
  | | | Jim Donnelly | 14 |
  | Jim Donnelly | 21 | Jim Donnelly | 14 |
  | Gwyn Evans | 15 | | |
  | Gwyn Evans | 15 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | Jim Blake | 10 |
  | | | Gwyn Evans | 9 |
  