Merrien, the world number 2, struggled with inconsistent form

Alison Merrien's dream of a medal at the Commonwealth Games ended as the island's best woman bowls player failed to reach the singles knockout stages.

Ahead of the last day of must win games she blamed her inconsistent form on the greens in Delhi and a bit of bad luck.

The world number two said she always found it difficult at the Games.

She said: "Every Commonwealth I've been to the situation is the same, the greens just aren't played on enough to warrant having a good competition."

Merrien added: "A lot of luck is involved and it's either with you or it's not."

Ahead of the last day of competition, Merrien had won three of her seven matches, but one of her three remaining fixtures was against world number one Val Smith.

Merrien lost that match in straight sets and with it her chances of qualifying for the semi finals.

Day Nine Results - Tuesday, 12 October

Bowls
Men's singles - Matt Le Ber beat Peter Juni (Papua New Guinea) on a tie-break 8-6 5-12 5-1, lost to Leif Selby (Australia) 0-10 2-10 and won his final match against Mohammad Raja (India) 14-3 6-5 to end up eighth in Group A.

Women's singles - Alison Merrien beat Carmela Spiteri (Malta) 16-4 7-4, lost to Val Smith (New Zealand) 5-9 5-13 and was victorious in the tie-break against Rachel MacDonald (Jersey) 6-7 8-7 5-0 to finish sixth in Group A.

Shooting
Full bore pairs - With one shoot to go, the 1,000 yards Adam and Peter Jory moved up two places to 9th after the 900 yards shoot, just seven points off the leaders Australia and just three off bronze medal position.

Full bore singles - The 900 yard shoot saw Adam Jory slip one place to 20th and Peter Jory drop eight places to end up 28th, with one more shoot to go.

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