World Bowls Indoor Championships

This article is about the event organised by World Bowls & the IIBC. For the event organised by the World Bowls Tour, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.
World Bowls Indoor Championships
Tournament information
Sportindoor bowls
LocationVarious
Established2019
AdministratorWorld Bowls and IIBC
WebsiteWorld Bowls

The World Bowls Indoor Championships is bowls event inaugurated in 2019 by the organisations known as World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). It is contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations.[1] The competition is the rival event to the World Bowls Tour's blue riband event called the World Indoor Bowls Championships.

In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the IIBC (formerly the WIBC). The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships. The event was due to start on 20 April 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was unable to be held until 2022.[2][3]

The Championships feature men's and women's singles and mixed pairs.

Past winners

Year Venue Men's singles Women's singles Mixed pairs
2022
County of Bristol IBC, England
Scotland Michael Stepney Scotland Julie Forrest Scotland Stewart Anderson & Guernsey Alison Merrien MBE
2023
Warilla B&RC, Australia
Australia Aron Sherriff Scotland Julie Forrest Australia Aron Sherriff & Australia Kelsey Cottrell
2024
Guernsey Indoor Bowls Centre, Guernsey
Guernsey Jason Greenslade Malaysia Nor Farah Ain Abdullah Australia Ray Pearse & Australia Samantha Atkinson

References

  1. ^ "2023 WORLD BOWLS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW". Bowls Australia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Preview a new World Championship" (PDF). Bristol Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ "World Bowls Indoor Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 12 April 2022.