Bowls: Match-fixing penalty delayed

The fate of the New Zealand men's four will not be known for a further two and a half weeks.

New Zealand Bowls has to submit its recommended punishment for Gary Lawson, Shane Sincock, Shannon McIlroy and Jamie Hill today, but a decision will not be announced until the middle of next month.

The four now have until next Thursday to make their submission to the judicial committee. The judicial committee then will not be able to meet until the second week of February as the chair is on holiday until February 9.

The men's four have been found guilty of deliberately losing an end against Thailand at last year's Asia-Pacific Championships.

- NEWSTALK ZB