Bowls: NZ teams named for Tri-Series

Bowls New Zealand has named its men's and women's teams for upcoming Tri-Series tournaments in Australia.

Russell Meyer, Doug Wilson and Dwayne Cameron will play Australia and Wales in Sydney from June 6-7, while Jo Edwards, Sharon Sims and Val Smith will play Australia and Scotland from May 16-18 at Warilla, south of Sydney.

Singles, pairs and triples rubbers will be played in each test under the standard international three-player format.

In the men's international, Meyer will contest the singles, with Cameron skipping Wilson in the pairs.

Meyer will skip in the triples, Wilson will lead and Cameron will play second.

New Zealand have a strong women's team with reigning world pairs champions Edwards and Sims and 2005 Asia Pacific pairs bronze medallist Smith.

Edwards will play in the singles, while Sims will skip Smith in the pairs.

Edwards will skip the triples team, with Sims playing second and Smith leading.

- NZPA