Para mixed pairs & women duo win, but Banks suffers first defeat in bowls

There was a video, external doing the rounds on social media on Saturday, highlighting Team Scotland's para mixed pairs bowler Robert Barr's 'aura'.

The 65-year-old skip is often seen watching his bowl glide down the carpet through his telescope. And it’s often very close to the jack.

He was in fine form again on Saturday as, along with his director Sarah Jane Ewing, and lead Mary Stevenson and her director Jim Aitken, Scotland secured two wins in Group A of the para mixed pairs B2-B3.

A 1.5-0.5 afternoon win over Australia was backed up by a commanding straight sets victory against England in the night's final session at the SEC Centre.

It leaves the team second, behind Wales, who they face in their final group game on Sunday evening. That's sure to be a cracker.

Just like the women's pairs 2-0 success over Falkland Islands. Beth Riva and Caroline Weir stormed to a 8-5 12-1 win, leaving them third in Group D with two games left.

However, Jason Banks' hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the men's singles were dealt a blow as he suffered his first Commonwealth Games defeat to Rajnesh Pasad of Fiji.

The 30-year-old responded to a 6-2 loss in the first set with a 9-2 win to force the tie-breaker, but lost out on the extra end.

He faces Wales on Sunday before rounding off his group campaign against England on Monday.