The Commonwealth Games debutant outpointed Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Jayanath in their men’s 60kg duel last night, prevailing by 4-1 split decision at the Scottish Event Campus.
The 28-year-old Guernsey star won the favour of all five judges in his very first round at this level.
He continued to outperform his opponent in round two, though he was unfortunate to pick up a point deduction for a warning.
The Sri Lanka boxer battled back and was favoured by all but one judge in the third round, but importantly Adams had done enough to win.
He now faces Namibia’s Tryagain Ndevelo in tomorrow night’s quarter-final.
Guernsey bowlers finish on a high
In yesterday’s bowls, both Jason Greenslade and the women’s pairs finished their sectional campaigns on winning notes but settled for third in their groups – with only the leaders making the evening semi-finals.
Greenslade faced two inter-island clashes, firstly outduelling Jersey rival Taylor Greechan 2-0.
The opening set proved a tight affair, with Greenslade leading 4-2 after the fourth end before being levelled over the next two, after which a single shot on the decisive seventh allowed him to pinch it 5-4.
Greenslade then produced two consecutive threes and a single to leave his opponent playing an ambitious game of catch-up in the second set, which the Sarnian took 8-4.
He finished by squeezing past the Isle of Man’s Mark McGreal on tie-break.
Greenslade raced out the blocks and led 5-0 after four ends, holding on to win the first set 5-4.
Yet in set two, which was still anyone’s game in the seventh end, his opponent scored a big three to prevail 8-6.
Australia’s Aaron Wilson won the group from the Manx player, who topped Greenslade on countback after losing a single-end decider.
Ali Merrien and Rose Ogier made a spectacular start in their final group match over the especially short pairs format – two sets of five ends each.
They went out hard against the South Pacific island nation of Niue’s Catherine Papani and Christine Ioane in the first set, leading 9-0 after scoring five shots in the third end.
After getting over the line 10-1, they took a four-shot lead early into the second set but were ultimately pegged back to a 4-4 draw.
Guernsey came agonisingly close to qualifying after sharing the same 5-1 record as Australia and winners Northern Ireland.
Quieter day for Guernsey’s swimmers
It had been a quieter day in the Tollcross International pool following the record-setting swims of previous sessions.
Highlights included 15-year-old Henry Bolton experiencing a heat win in the 100m freestyle, touching in a new personal best of 54.20.
Tatiana Tostevin earned a reserve 50m backstroke semi-final place after posting 29.59, within 0.29sec. of her best – which would have been enough to progress. There were also PBs for Tallulah-Mae Rautenbach (31.41) and Molly Staples (31.92).
Oriana Wheeler was given an outside chance of a 400m individual medley final, qualifying as a reserve with her 5-10.32 swim in the second of two heats.
Young Emma Bourgaize just missed her 50m breaststroke PB with a 35.06.
Birmingham 2022 medallist Alastair Chalmers was originally due to begin his 400m hurdles campaign yesterday but, with the heats being dropped, moves straight onto racing tomorrow evening for a spot in the final.
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