World Indoor Bowls Championships

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Sport	Bowls
Founded	1979
Continent	International (Professional Bowls Association / World Bowls Tour)
Most recent champion(s)	2022 Open Singles Les Gillett 2022 Women's Singles Katherine Rednall 2022 Open Pairs Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett 2022 Mixed Pairs Paul Foster & Alison Merrien
TV partner(s)	BBC Two, YouTube

The World Indoor Bowls Championship was first held in 1979 at Coatbridge in Scotland for men's singles only. The event was sponsored by Embassy in the early years and grew in stature. In 1988 the venue changed to Alexandra Palace and one year later Churchill Insurance took over the sponsorship when the championships were held at Preston Guild Hall. The Midland Bank and SAGA were two more sponsors during the Preston era. In 1999 Potters Holidays came in to take over the sponsorship and the event moved to Potters Resort in Hopton-on-Sea, where it is still held today. The BBC also show live coverage of the championships during the last week which includes all four competition finals.^[1]

The men's pairs started in 1986, the women's singles in 1988 and the mixed pairs in 2004.^[2] Both the men's singles and men's pairs changed to open singles and open pairs following the rule change which allowed women to compete in them. Alex Marshall from Scotland has won the singles event a record six times. Fellow Scot Paul Foster is one win behind with five successes.

World Indoor Men's/Open Singles Champions[]

Year Winner 1979 David Bryant (1/3) 1980 David Bryant (2/3) 1981 David Bryant (3/3) 1982 John Watson 1983 Bob Sutherland 1984 Jim Baker 1985 Terry Sullivan 1986 Tony Allcock (1/3) 1987 Tony Allcock (2/3) 1988 Hugh Duff (1/2) 1989 Richard Corsie (1/3) 1990 John Price 1991 Richard Corsie (2/3) 1992 Ian Schuback 1993 Richard Corsie (3/3)

Year Winner 1994 Andy Thomson (1/3) 1995 Andy Thomson (2/3) 1996 David Gourlay 1997 Hugh Duff (2/2) 1998 Paul Foster (1/5) 1999 Alex Marshall (1/6) 2000 Robert Weale 2001 Paul Foster (2/5) 2002 Tony Allcock (3/3) 2003 Alex Marshall (2/6) 2004 Alex Marshall (3/6) 2005 Paul Foster (3/5) 2006 Mervyn King 2007 Alex Marshall (4/6) 2008 Alex Marshall (5/6)

Year Winner 2009 Billy Jackson 2010 Greg Harlow 2011 Paul Foster (4/5) 2012 Andy Thomson (3/3) 2013 Stewart Anderson (1/2) 2014 Darren Burnett 2015 Alex Marshall (6/6) 2016 Nick Brett 2017 Paul Foster (5/5) 2018 Mark Dawes (1/2) 2019 Stewart Anderson (2/2) 2020 Robert Paxton 2021 Mark Dawes (2/2) 2022 Les Gillett

Wins by individual (Open Singles only)

	Name	Titles	Runners up	Winning Years
	Alex Marshall	6	1	1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015
	Paul Foster	5	2	1998, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2017
	Richard Corsie	3	4	1989, 1991, 1993
	Andy Thomson	3	2	1994, 1995, 2012
	David Bryant	3	1	1979, 1980, 1981
	Tony Allcock	3	-	1986, 1987, 2002
	Hugh Duff	2	1	1988, 1997
	Stewart Anderson	2	1	2013, 2019
	Mark Dawes	2	-	2018, 2021
	John Price	1	3	1990
	Mervyn King	1	3	2006
	Ian Schuback	1	2	1992
	Greg Harlow	1	2	2010
	Robert Paxton	1	2	2020
	Jim Baker	1	1	1984
	David Gourlay	1	1	1996
	Robert Weale	1	1	2000
	Nick Brett	1	1	2016
	John Watson	1	-	1982
	Bob Sutherland	1	-	1983
	Terry Sullivan	1	-	1985
	Billy Jackson	1	-	2009
	Darren Burnett	1	-	2014
	Les Gillett	1	-	2022

Performance by country (Open singles only)

Country	Titles	Runners up	Winning Players
Scotland	22	12	9
England	17	16	10
Wales	3	7	3
Australia	1	3	1
Northern Ireland	1	2	1
Hong Kong	-	1	-
Israel	-	1	-
New Zealand	-	1	-
Canada	-	1	-
Total	44	44	24

World Indoor Women's Singles Champions[]

Year Winner 1988 Margaret Johnston 1990 Fleur Bougourd 1991 Mary Price 1992 Sarah Gourlay 1993 Kate Adams 1994 Jan Woodley 1995 Joyce Lindores 1996 Sandy Hazell 1997 Norma Shaw 1998 Caroline McAllister (1/2) 1999 Caroline McAllister (2/2) 2000 Marlene Castle

Year Winner 2001 Betty Brown 2002 Carol Ashby (1/3) 2003 Carol Ashby (2/3) 2004 Carol Ashby (3/3) 2005 Ellen Falkner (1/3) 2006 Ellen Falkner (2/3) 2007 Caroline Brown 2008 Ceri Ann Davies 2009 Debbie Stavrou (1/2) 2010 Debbie Stavrou (2/2) 2011 Alison Merrien 2012 Karen Murphy

Year Winner 2013 Rebecca Field 2014 Katherine Rednall (1/4) 2015 Laura Daniels (1/2) 2016 Ellen Falkner (3/3) 2017 Katherine Rednall (2/4) 2018 Katherine Rednall (3/4) 2019 Julie Forrest (1/2) 2020 Julie Forrest (2/2) 2021 Laura Daniels (2/2) [3] 2022 Katherine Rednall (4/4)

World Indoor Men's/Open Pairs Champions[]

The Men's Pairs (now Open Pairs) allows women to compete, this is not to be confused with the Mixed Pairs. It was a men's only competition until 2012.

Year Winner 1986 Tony Allcock (1/8) & David Bryant (1/6) 1987 Tony Allcock (2/8) & David Bryant (2/6) 1988 Ian Schuback (1/3) & Jim Yates 1989 Tony Allcock (3/8) & David Bryant (3/6) 1990 Tony Allcock (4/8) & David Bryant (4/6) 1991 Tony Allcock (5/8) & David Bryant (5/6) 1992 Tony Allcock (6/8) & David Bryant (6/6) 1993 Gary Smith & Andy Thomson (1/3) 1994 Ian Schuback (2/3) & Cameron Curtis 1995 Richard Corsie & Alex Marshall (1/6) 1996 Ian Schuback (3/3) & Kelvin Kerkow (1/3) 1997 Tony Allcock (7/8) & Mervyn King (1/3) 1998 Richard Corsie & Graham Robertson 1999 John Price & Stephen Rees 2000 David Gourlay & Alex Marshall (2/6) 2001 Les Gillett (1/2) & Mark McMahon 2002 Hugh Duff & Paul Foster (1/5) 2003 Tony Allcock (8/8) & David Holt 2004 Ian McClure & Jeremy Henry

Year Winner 2005 Kelvin Kerkow (2/3) & Mervyn King (2/3) 2006 Billy Jackson (1/2) & David Gourlay (1/2) 2007 Billy Jackson (2/2) & David Gourlay (2/2) 2008 Andy Thomson (2/3) & Ian Bond (1/2) 2009 Kelvin Kerkow (3/3) & Mervyn King (3/3) 2010 Andy Thomson (3/3) & Ian Bond (2/2) 2011 Paul Foster (2/5) & Alex Marshall (3/6) 2012 Paul Foster (3/5) & Alex Marshall (4/6) 2013 Paul Foster (4/5) & Alex Marshall (5/6) 2014 Greg Harlow (1/2) & Nick Brett (1/2) 2015 Robert Paxton & Simon Skelton 2016 Stewart Anderson (1/2) & Darren Burnett (1/2) 2017 Les Gillett (2/2) & Jason Greenslade 2018 Mark Dawes (1/2) & Jamie Chestney (1/2) 2019 Paul Foster (5/5) & Alex Marshall (6/6) 2020 Greg Harlow (2/2) & Nick Brett (2/2) 2021 Mark Dawes (2/2) & Jamie Chestney (2/2) [4] 2022 Stewart Anderson (2/2) & Darren Burnett (2/2)

World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champions[]

Year Winner 2004 Alex Marshall (1/2) & Amy Monkhouse 2005 John Price (1/2) & Carol Ashby (1/3) 2006 John Price (2/2) & Carol Ashby (2/3) 2007 Greg Harlow & Jo Morris 2008 David Gourlay (1/3) & Ceri Ann Davies (1/2) 2009 David Gourlay (2/3) & Ceri Ann Davies (2/2) 2010 Alex Marshall (2/2) & Carol Ashby (3/3) 2011 Simon Skelton & Alison Merrien (1/2) 2012 David Gourlay (3/3) & Debbie Stavrou 2013 Paul Foster (1/3) & Laura Thomas (1/2)

Year Winner 2014 Paul Foster (2/3) & Laura Thomas (2/2) 2015 Robert Paxton (1/2) & Marion Purcell (1/2) 2016 Darren Burnett & Katherine Rednall 2017 Nick Brett (1/2) & Claire Johnston 2018 Jamie Chestney & Lesley Doig 2019 Robert Paxton (2/2) & Ellen Falkner 2020 Nick Brett (2/2) & Marion Purcell (2/2) 2021 Stewart Anderson & Julie Forrest[5] 2022 Paul Foster (3/3) & Alison Merrien (2/2)

World Indoor Open Under 25 Champions[]

Year Winner 2016 2017 Ellen Ryan

Year Winner 2018 Chloe Watson 2019 John Orr

Year Winner 2020 William Moulton 2022

Players with 5 or more titles[]

Name	Nation	Open singles	Women's singles	Open Pairs	Mixed Pairs	Total
Alex Marshall	Scotland	6	N/A	6	2	14
Paul Foster	Scotland	5	N/A	5	3	13
Tony Allcock	England	3	N/A	8	-	11
David Bryant	England	3	N/A	6	-	9
David Gourlay	Scotland /  Australia	1	N/A	3	3	7
Andy Thomson	England	3	N/A	3	-	6
Carol Ashby	England	-	3	-	3	6
Richard Corsie	Scotland	3	N/A	2	-	5
Stewart Anderson	Scotland	2	N/A	2	1	5
Nick Brett	England	1	N/A	2	2	5
Katherine Rednall	England	-	4	-	1	5

See also[]

• World Bowls Events
• World Bowls Tour Events

References[]

External links[]

• World Bowls Page, Potters Resort Website
• Greg Gottfried (23 Jan 2020). "This perfect World Indoor Bowls shot is the most electrifying non-darts sports highlight in British history" (Video). Golf Digest.