Bowls: Pairs champions crowned

Jo Edwards and Val Smith won the women's pairs title. Photo / Otago Daily Times

The pairs champions have been crowned at the national bowls championships in Dunedin.

Canada's Ryan Bester and Auckland's Chris le Lievre have taken out the men's pairs title, outclassing Ali Forsyth and Matthew Gallop 20-9 in the final.

2008 world champions Jo Edwards and Val Smith have held on to beat Wynette McLachlan and Marilyn Patterson 18-11 and claim the women's pairs title.

Edwards will now turn her attentions to the women's singles final where she'll face Nelson teenager Amy Brenton. Shaun Scott will face Petar Sain in the men's singles final.

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