Commonwealth Games: NI lose bowls semi-final as Burns & Javadian keep judo medal hopes alive

Northern Ireland’s Martin McHugh and Sam Barkley missed out on the men’s pairs lawn bowls final at the Commonwealth Games.

The NI pair will face Scotland or England in the bronze medal match on Tuesday morning (08:30 BST).

Meanwhile, Nathon Burns and Yasmin Javadian are one win away from securing bronze medals in judo.

It is disappointment for debutant Barkley and McHugh, who was aiming to secure his second gold medal in his seventh Games appearance having won gold in the men’s fours in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.

On the judo mat, Javadian lost to Australia’s Tinka Easton to miss out on a place in the women’s -52kg final, but will fight for bronze against Jacira Ferreira of Mozambique.

Burns beat Zambia’s Steven Mungandu in his men’s -66kg repechage contest having lost his last-16 fight to India’s Jasleen Saini earlier on Monday.

Callum Nash lost to Cypriot opponent Georgios Balarjishvili in the last 16 of the -66kg category.

Burns and Javadian will return to the mat for their medal matches from 17:00 BST.

Catterson through to freestyle semi-final

In swimming, Northern Ireland’s Victoria Catterson progressed to the semi-finals of the women’s 100m freestyle.

Ards woman Catterson, who on Friday clocked an Irish record in the 200m freestyle, qualified with a time of 55.97 seconds, finishing third in her heat behind Australia’s Shayna Jack and Scotland’s Lucy Hope.

Catterson will return to the pool for the semi-final at 19:31 BST on Monday evening.

Larne’s Kaitlyn McCaw missed out on the semi-finals after clocking 58.26 in her heat, while Danielle Hill withdrew.

In the women’s 200m individual medley, Grace Davison failed to advance after finishing seventh in her heat with a time of two minutes 22.34 seconds.