World Cup Singles
World Cup Singles[]
The World Cup Singles is an event inaugurated in 2005 that is contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations. The competition is seen as the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the World Indoor Bowls Championships held annually in the United Kingdom.[1]
The event was first held from 3-10 April 2005, at the Hong Kong Football Club indoor bowling green and Ap Lei Chau Sports Centre in Hong Kong[2] but now takes place every year at the Warilla Bowls Club in New South Wales, Australia.
Although players from each hemisphere are able to compete in both competitions travelling restricts the relevant entries and qualification formats. This results in the majority of the leading indoor players from the Northern hemisphere not taking part in the event.[3]
Past Winners[]
Men's singles[]
Year | Winner | Runner-Up |
---|---|---|
2005 | Mark Casey[2] | |
2006 | Neil Speirs[4] | Safuan Said |
2007 | Kelvin Kerkow[5] | Jeremy Henry |
2008 | Safuan Said | Ali Forsyth |
2009 | Leif Selby | Safuan Said |
2010 | Leif Selby | |
2011 | James Talbot[6] | Graeme Archer |
2012 | Jeremy Henry | James Talbot |
2013 | Jeremy Henry[7] | Tony Grantham |
2014 | Jeremy Henry[8] | |
2015 | Iain McLean[9] | David Holt |
2016 | Jeremy Henry[10] | Andrew Kyle |
2017 | Jeremy Henry[11] | Muhammad Soufi Rusli |
2018 | Jeremy Henry[1] | |
2019 | Gary Kelly[12] | Brendan Aquilina |
2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
Women's singles[]
Year | Winner | Runner-Up |
---|---|---|
2005 | Grace Chu[2] | Litia Tikoisuva |
2006 | [4] | Doreen Hankin |
2007 | [5] | Lorna Trigwell |
2008 | Alison Merrien[13] | Val Smith |
2009 | Jo Edwards[14] | Karen Murphy |
2010 | Jo Edwards | Karen Murphy |
2011 | Jo Edwards[6] | Alison Merrien |
2012 | Alison Merrien | Jo Edwards |
2013 | Jo Edwards[7] | Alison Merrien |
2014 | Caroline Brown[8] | Alison Merrien |
2015 | Siti Zalina Ahmad[9] | Julie Forrest |
2016 | Carmen Anderson[10] | Siti Zalina Ahmad |
2017 | Jo Edwards[11] | Lucy Beere |
2018 | Lucy Beere[1] | Rebecca Van Asch |
2019 | Jo Edwards[12] | Lucy Beere |
2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Bowls World Cup to begin in Warilla". Inside the Games.
- ^ a b c "International Events". Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
- ^ "Past results" (PDF). World Bowls.com.
- ^ a b "Past results". The Telegraph.
- ^ a b "Nardella, Kerkow win world bowls titles". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b "Results". Irish Examiner.
- ^ a b "Henry Crowned Again". Bowls Australia.
- ^ a b "Scot conquers world en route to the Commonwealth Games". The Herald.
- ^ a b "2015 World Cup Singles Warilla Bowls Club, NSW, Australia, Day 9, Results". World Bowls.
- ^ a b "World Cup glory for Jeremy and Carmen". World Bowls.
- ^ a b "Edwards, Henry win fifth World Cup Bowls crown at Warilla". Bowls New Zealand.
- ^ a b "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.
- ^ "Merrien conquers Indoor World Cup". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Jo Edwards (possibly) bows out in style". Radio NZ.
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