Bowls: Edwards wins gold

Jo Edwards provided a golden finish to New Zealand's bowls World Cup campaign at Warilla, Australia when she beat Karen Murphy 7-4 8-8 to retain her women's singles title.

Edwards' win in a rematch of last year's final with the Australian saw New Zealand return home with two golds and a silver from the event.

Andrew Kelly won the men's World Junior Cup and defending champion Genevieve Baildon the silver in the women's World Junior Cup.

Edwards said she was excited with a win that had "come out of the blue".

"I didn't expect to be anywhere near it this year," added Nelson's Edwards who decided last year to cut down on her playing schedule.

"It's always a tough game against Karen, and this was no exception," said the double world pairs champion who rolled a brilliant three-pointer draw shot to draw level at 8-8 in the concluding second set.

- NZPA