Malta's lawn bowlers teams will be playing a play-off for a bronze medal on Monday after they lost their respective semi-finals in the men's pairs and women's fours competition in Gold Coast on Sunday.

Brendan Aquilina and Shaun Parnis were beaten by Scottish duo Paul Foster and Alexander Marshall 18-8 in the semi-final of the men's Pairs competition.

Aquilina and Parnis had made a bright start to the match taking a slight lead in the opening exchanges. But Foster and Marshall took control and managed to pull clear of the Maltese duo to secure a comfortable victory.

Scotland will now face Wales in Monday's gold medal final after the Welsh beat Cook Islands 21-14.

Malta will be facing Cook Islands in the play-off for a bronze medal.

In the women's fours semi-final, Malta's team, formed by Sharon Callus, Rosemarie Rixon and her daughters Rebecca and Conneigh-Leigh, lost to South Africa 14-8.

The match was evenly balanced until the 11th end when the South Africans led 9-7.

But the Maltese could not step up their momentum as the South Africans surged clear to secure victory.

On Monday, Malta will now play for bronze against Canada who were beaten by Australia 10-9.

The Aussies will play South Africa for the gold medal.

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