World Bowls Events

These are the premier World Bowls Events between national bowls organisations affiliated to World Bowls Ltd. The premier indoor event is the World Indoor Bowls Championships listed separately and is organised by the World Bowls Tour.

World Outdoor Championships

First held in Australia in 1966, the World Outdoor Bowls Championships for men and women are held every 4 years. From 2008 the men's and women's events are held together. Qualifying national bowls organisations (usually countries) are represented by a team of 5 players, who play once as a single and a four, then again as a pair and a triple. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in each of the 4 disciplines, and there is also a trophy for the best overall team — the Leonard Trophy for men and the Taylor Trophy for women.
Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland compete as one Irish team.
The next World Outdoor Bowls Championships will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 28 November – 16 December 2016.

Men's Titles

Year	Venue	Singles Champion	Fours Champions *
1966	Sydney, Australia	David Bryant (ENG)	Bill O'Neill, Gordon Jolly, Ron Buchan, Norm Lash (NZL)
1972	Worthing, England	Maldwyn Evans (WAL)	Peter Line, Ted Hayward Cliff Stroud, Norman King (ENG)
1976	Johannesburg, South Africa	Doug Watson (RSA)	Kevin Campbell, Bill Moseley, Nando Gatti, Kelvin Lightfoot (RSA)
1980	Melbourne, Australia	David Bryant (ENG)	Omar Dallah, Eric Liddell, George Souza Jr., Philip Chok (HKG)
1984	Aberdeen, Scotland	Peter Belliss (NZL)	Tony Allcock, John Bell, Julian Haines, George Turley (ENG)
1988	Auckland, New Zealand	David Bryant (ENG)	Jim Baker, Sammy Allen, John McCloughlin, Rodney McCutcheon (IRE)
1992	Worthing, England	Tony Allcock (ENG)	Angus Blair, Willie Wood, Alex Marshall, Graham Robertson (SCO)
1996	Adelaide, Australia	Tony Allcock (ENG)	John Bell, Andy Thomson, David Cutler, Brett Morley (ENG)
2000	Johannesburg, South Africa	Jeremy Henry (IRE)	William Thomas, Robert Weale, Stephen Rees, Mark Williams (WAL)
2004	Ayr, Scotland	Steve Glasson (AUS)	Jim Baker, Neil Booth, Noel Graham, Jonathan Ross (IRE)
2008	Christchurch, New Zealand	Saufan Said (MAS)	Gary Lawson, Russell Meyer, Richard Girvan, Andrew Todd (NZL)
2012	Adelaide, Australia	Leif Selby (AUS)	Aron Sherriff, Mark Casey, Brett Wilkie, Wayne Ruediger (AUS)

Year	Pairs Champions *	Triples Champions *	Leonard Trophy
1966	Geoff Kelly, Albert Palm (AUS)	John Dobbie, Athol Johnson, Don Collins (AUS)	Australia
1972	Eric Liddell, Saco Delgado (HKG)	Dick Folkins, Clive Forrester, Bill Miller (USA)	Scotland
1976	Bill Moseley, Doug Watson (RSA)	Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti, Kelvin Lightfoot (RSA)	South Africa
1980	Peter Rhueben, Alf Sandercock (AUS)	David Bryant, Tony Allcock, Jimmy Hobday (ENG)	England
1984	Skip Arculli, Jim Candelet, George Adrain (USA)**	Jim Baker, Sammy Allen, Stan Espie (IRE)	Scotland
1988	Peter Belliss, Rowan Brassey (NZL)	Phil Skoglund, Morgan Moffat, Ian Dickison (NZL)	England
1992	Alex Marshall, Richard Corsie (SCO)	Cecil Bransky, Lawrence Mendelsohn, Leon Bluhm (ISR)	Scotland
1996	Sammy Allen, Jeremy Henry (IRE)	George Adrain, Willie Wood, Kenny Logan (SCO)	Scotland
2000	Alex Marshall, George Sneddon (SCO)	Peter Belliss, Rowan Brassey, Andrew Curtain (NZL)	Australia
2004	Ryan Bester, Keith Roney (CAN)	David Peacock, Willie Wood, Jim McIntyre (SCO)	Scotland
2008	Gary Lawson, Russell Meyer (NZL)	David Peacock, Willie Wood, Wayne Hogg (SCO)	New Zealand
2012	Alex Marshall, Paul Foster (SCO)	Graeme Archer, Darren Burnett, David Peacock (SCO)	Australia

* Team order is Skip to Lead

** Jim Candelet was taken ill during the pool stages and had to withdraw from the championships. As the USA did not have an available substitute the organisers allowed George Adrain, a reserve with the Scottish team, to take his place for the rest of the tournament.

Women's Titles

Year	Venue	Singles Champion	Fours Champions *
1969	Sydney, Australia	Gladys Doyle (PNG)	May Gridlan, Cathy Bidwell, Yetta Emanuel, Sarah Sundelowitz (RSA)
1973	Wellington, New Zealand	Elsie Wilkie (NZL)	Cis Winstanley, Verna Devlin, Noeline Scott, Irene Foote (NZL)
1977	Worthing, England	Elsie Wilkie (NZL)	Merle Richardson, Lorna Lucas, Connie Hicks, Dot Jenkinson (AUS)
1981	Toronto, Canada	Norma Shaw (ENG)	Mavis Steele, Betty Stubbings, Gloria Thomas, Eileen Fletcher, Irene Molyneaux (ENG)**
1985	Melbourne, Australia	Merle Richardson (AUS)	Frances Whyte, Annette Evans, Elizabeth Christie, Sarah Gourlay (SCO)
1988	Auckland, New Zealand	Janet Ackland (WAL)	Dorothy Roche, Norma Wainwright, Marion Stevens, Greeta Fahey (AUS)
1992	Ayr, Scotland	Margaret Johnston (IRE)	Senga McCrone, Frances Whyte, Janet Maxwell, Joyce Lindores (SCO)
1996	Leamington Spa, England	Carmen Anderson (NFK)	Daphne Shaw, Margaret Sumner, Marilyn Peddell, Gordana Baric (AUS)
2000	Moama, Australia	Margaret Johnston (IRE)	Anne Lomas, Patsy Jorgensen, Jan Khan, Sharon Sims (NZL)
2004	Leamington Spa, England	Margaret Johnston (IRE)	Amy Monkhouse Jean Baker, Ellen Falkner, Jayne Christie (ENG)
2008	Christchurch, New Zealand	Val Smith (NZL)	Karen Murphy, Claire Turley, Julie Keegan, Lynsey Clarke (AUS)
2012	Adelaide, Australia	Karen Murphy (AUS)	Margaret Letham, Caroline Brown, Lynn Stein, Michelle Cooper (SCO)

Year	Pairs Champions *	Triples Champions *	Taylor Trophy
1969	May Gridlan, Elsie McDonald (RSA)	Cathy Bidwell, Yetta Emanuel, Sarah Sundelowitz (RSA)	South Africa
1973	Dot Jenkinson, Lorna Lucas (AUS)	Cis Winstanley, Noeline Scott, Irene Foote (NZL)	New Zealand
1977	Helen Wong, Elvie Chok (HKG)	Enid Morgan, Margaret Pomeroy, Joan Osborne (WAL)	Australia
1981	Nan Allely, Eileen Bell (IRE)	Lena Sadick, Rae O'Donnell, Linda King (HKG)	England
1985	Merle Richardson, Fay Craig (AUS)	Mavis Meadowcroft, Norma Massey, Dorothy Roche (AUS)	Australia
1988	Margaret Johnston, Phillis Nolan (IRE)	Dorothy Roche, Marion Stevens, Greeta Fahey (AUS)	England
1992	Margaret Johnston, Phillis Nolan (IRE)	Frances Whyte, Janet Maxwell, Joyce Lindores (SCO)	Scotland
1996	Margaret Johnston, Phillis Nolan (IRE)	Hester Bekker, Barbara Redshaw, Jannie de Beer (RSA)	South Africa
2000	Joyce Lindores, Margaret Letham (SCO)	Anne Lomas, Sharon Sims, Patsy Jorgensen (NZL)	England
2004	Jo Edwards, Sharon Sims (NZL)	Loraine Victor, Jill Hackland, Trish Steyn (RSA)	England
2008	Jo Edwards, Val Smith (NZL)	Lorna Smith, Loraine Victor, Sylvia Burns (RSA)	Australia
2012	Rebecca Quail, Kelsey Cottrell (AUS)	Karen Murphy, Lynsey Clarke, Natasha Van Eldik (AUS)	Australia

* Team order is Skip to Lead.

** Irene Molyneux played in the 1981 Fours & Pairs as an injury replacement helping England to the Fours Gold medal.

Summary

Country	Men	Women	Total
Australia	6	12	18
New Zealand	7	9	16
Scotland	8	5	13
England	9	3	12
Ireland	5	7	12
South Africa	4	6	10
Hong Kong China	2	2	4
Wales	2	2	4
United States	2	0	2
Canada	1	0	1
Israel	1	0	1
Malaysia	1	0	1
Norfolk Island	0	1	1
Papua New Guinea	0	1	1

World Junior Championships

The first World Junior Championships were held at Broadbeach Bowling & Community Club, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia from 10–16 November 2014. This event is for bowlers under 26 years of age.

Year	Venue	Singles Women	Singles Men	Mixed Pairs
2014	Broadbeach, Australia	Chloe Stewart (AUS)	Dylan Fisher (AUS)	Auni Fatiah Kamis, Mohd Fairus Abdul Jabal (MAS)
2015	Broadbeach, Australia	Kristina Krstic (AUS)	Ryan Burnett (SCO)	Ben Twist, Kristina Krstic (AUS)

World Champion of Champions Singles

• Contested annually between bowlers who have won their respective national singles title.
• The next competition will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24–30 November 2014.

Year	Venue	Women	Men
2003	Moama, Australia	Liz James (SWZ)	Douw Calitz (NAM)
2004	Warilla, Australia	Margaret Johnston (IRE)	Ali Forsyth (NZL)
2005	Christchurch, New Zealand	Nor Iryani Azmi (MAS)	Mark Walton (ENG)
2006	Christchurch, New Zealand	Julie Saunders (ENG)	Darren Burnett (SCO)
2007	Warilla, Australia	Alison Merrien (GGY)	Tony Grantham (NZL)
2008	Aberdeen, Scotland	Kathy Pearce (WAL)	Leif Selby (AUS)
2009	Ayr, Scotland	Kelsey Cottrell (AUS)	Brett Wilkie (AUS)
2010	Norfolk Island	Jan Khan (NZL)	Aron Sherriff (AUS)
2011	Hong Kong, China	Jo Edwards (NZL)	Thomas Geechan (JER)
2012	Paphos, Cyprus	Sandra Keith (NZL)	Hizlee Abdul Rais (MAS)
2013	Christchurch, New Zealand	Karen Murphy (AUS)	Thomas Bishop (ENG)
2014	Christchurch, New Zealand	Lorna Smith (SCO)	Iain McLean (SCO)
2015	Brisbane, Australia	Emma Firyani Saroji (MAS)	Neil Mulholland (IRE)

World Cup Singles

• Contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations.
• The inaugural event (2005) was held in Hong Kong. Since then the venue has been Warilla, New South Wales.
• The World Cup is played indoors, while the Junior World Cup (for players aged under 25) was usually played outdoors.

Year	World Cup
	Women	Men
2005	Grace Chu (HKG)	Mark Casey (AUS)
2006	Shirley Choy (CAN)	Neil Speirs (SCO)
2007	Judy Nardella (AUS)	Kelvin Kerkow (AUS)
2008	Alison Merrien (GGY)	Safuan Said (MAS)
2009	Jo Edwards (NZL)	Leif Selby (AUS)
2010	Jo Edwards (NZL)	Leif Selby (AUS)
2011	Jo Edwards (NZL)	James Talbot (IRE)
2012	Alison Merrien (GGY)	Jeremy Henry (AUS)
2013	Jo Edwards (NZL)	Jeremy Henry (AUS)
2014	Caroline Brown (SCO)	Jeremy Henry (AUS)
2015	Siti Zalina Ahmad (MAS)	Iain McLean (SCO)
2016	Carmen Anderson (NFK)	Jeremy Henry (AUS)

Year	World Junior Cup
	Women	Men
2005	Lynsey Clarke (AUS)	Safuan Said (MAS)
2006	Lynsey Clarke (AUS)	Wayne Hogg (SCO)
2007	Melanie Macaulay (AUS)	Barry Kane (NIR)
2008	Melanie Macaulay (AUS)	Aron Sherriff (AUS)
2009	Genevieve Baildon (NZL)	Craig England (SCO)
2010	Samantha Shannahan (AUS)	Andrew Kelly (NZL)
2011	Clare Hendra (NZL)	Ben Twist (AUS)

Atlantic Cup

Effectively a qualifying event for the 2016 World Bowls Championship.

Men's Titles

Year	Venue	Singles Champion	Fours Champions	Pairs Champions	Triples Champions	Team Champion
2015	Paphos, Cyprus	Jamie Walker	Greg Davis, Scott Ruderham, Cyril Renouf, Gus Hodgetts	Gary Kelly, Ian McClure	Paul Taylor, Steve Harris, Rob Weale	Scotland

Women's Titles

Year	Venue	Singles Champion	Fours Champions	Pairs Champions	Triples Champions	Team Champion
2015	Paphos, Cyprus	Catherine Beattie	Bex Craig, Lorraine Malloy, Stacey McDougall, Claire Johnston	Nici Neal & Colleen Piketh	Erin Smith, Bernie O’Neil, Sandra Bailie	England

External links

• World Bowls events
• World Bowls titles and medallists