Namibia’s Women’s Trips bowls team won a silver medal at the Atlantic Rim Bowls tournament on Sunday. The Namibian team of Bea Lampbrecht, Diana Viljoen and Miele van der Merwe reached the final where they lost 19-10 to the eventual gold medallists, Wales.

In the quarterfinals, Namibia beat Scotland 14-13 and followed that up with a comprehensive 25-12 victory against Israel in the semifinals. Israel and South Africa were joint-third, while Scotland, England, Ireland and Canada came joint fifth.

It was the first medal that Namibia had won at the tournament which sees some of the world’s top bowling nations in action.

In the Men’s Trips competition the Namibian team of Sandy Joubert, Otto Krahenbuhl and Willie Esterhuysen finished eighth out of 16 participating nations. In the quarterfinals, Namibia were comprehensively beaten 35-6 by England, who went on to win the silver medal after losing 19-15 to South Africa in the final.

Namibia’s Women’s Pairs team of Charlotte Morland and Theuna Grobler finished tenth overall out of 14 nations, while Namibia’s Men’s Pairs team of Tollie Cronje and Johan Jacobs finished 13th out of 16 nations.

Jacobs wins two matches

Meanwhile, Johan Jacobs is currently lying seventh out of 16 nations in the Men’s Singles competition after winning two of his opening three matches. Jacobs lost his opening match 21-6 to Jersey but recovered well to beat England 21-20 in a thrilling encounter and the United States 21-15.

In the Women’s Singles competition, Namibia’s Miele van der Merwe is currently lying 15th out of 16 nations, after lost her opening two matches against Cyprus (21-11) and Scotland (21-6).