This archive report was first published on 20 August 2019.
On August 20, 2019, the Africa States Bowls Championships kicked off at Nairobi Club and Karen Country Club, with Kenya's men's and women's teams facing off against South Africa and Namibia.
Kenya's men's team started strong, defeating South Africa 20-13 in pairs, but faltered in the trips, losing 16-15. However, in the afternoon session, the Kenyan men's team lost all their pairs and trips matches to South Africa, 16-13 and 15-14 respectively.
Despite this, Cephas Kimwaki and Benson Kariuki managed to floor the South African pair of Martin Lewis and Gerry Baler 20-13 in pairs. However, Kenya's trio of Joseph Kitosi, Joseph Njagi, and James Ngugi lost to Thinus Oelofse, Prince Neluonde, and Wayne Rittmuller 16-15 in trips.
The men's pairs and trips matches continued on Wednesday, with the singles and fours starting on Thursday through to Saturday.
At Nairobi Club, Kenya's women's team lost its singles matches to South Africa 21-14 and to Zambia 21-10. The women's performance in the fours against South Africa was also poor, losing 21-10, and failing to recover against Zambia, going down 17-14.
The women's singles and fours matches continued on Wednesday, paving the way for pairs and trips on Thursday through to Saturday when the championships ended.
