World Indoor Bowls Championships

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Sport	Bowls
Founded	1979
Continent	International (Professional Bowls Association / World Bowls Tour)
Most recent champion(s)	2016 Men's Singles Nick Brett 2016 Women's Singles Ellen Falkner 2016 Open Pairs Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett 2016 Mixed Pairs Darren Burnett & Katherine Rednall.
TV partner(s)	BBC Two[1] (UK (Final))

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.

The men's pairs started in 1986, the women's singles in 1988 and the mixed pairs in 2004.^[2]

World Indoor Men's Singles Champions

Alex Marshall from Scotland has won the event a record six times. Fellow Scot Paul Foster is two wins behind with four successes.

Wins by individual

	Name	Titles	Runners up	Winning Years
	Alex Marshall	6	1	1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015
	Paul Foster	4	1	1998, 2001, 2005, 2011
	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
	John Price	1	3	1990
	Mervyn King	1	3	2006
	Jim Baker	1	1	1984
	Ian Schuback	1	2	1992
	David Gourlay	1	1	1996
	Robert Weale	1	1	2000
	Greg Harlow	1	1	2010
	Stewart Anderson	1	1	2013
	John Watson	1	-	1982
	Bob Sutherland	1	-	1983
	Terry Sullivan	1	-	1985
	Billy Jackson	1	-	2009
	Darren Burnett	1	-	2014
	Nick Brett	1	-	2016

Performance by country

Country	Winning Players	Titles	Runners up
Scotland	9	19	11
England	7	13	11
Wales	3	3	7
Australia	1	1	3
Northern Ireland	1	1	1
Hong Kong	-	-	1
Israel	-	-	1
New Zealand	-	-	1

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 2015 Laura Thomas 2016 Ellen Falkner (3/3)

World Indoor Men's Pairs/Open 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 & David Bryant (1/6) 1987 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (2/6) 1988 Ian Schuback & Jim Yates 1989 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (3/6) 1990 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (4/6) 1991 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (5/6) 1992 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (6/6) 1993 Gary Smith & Andy Thomson 1994 Ian Schuback & Cameron Curtis 1995 Richard Corsie & Alex Marshall 1996 Ian Schuback & Kelvin Kerkow 1997 Tony Allcock & Mervyn King 1998 Richard Corsie & Graham Robertson 1999 John Price & Stephen Rees 2000 David Gourlay & Alex Marshall 2001 Les Gillett & Mark McMahon

Year Winner 2002 Hugh Duff & Paul Foster 2003 Tony Allcock & David Holt 2004 Ian McClure & Jeremy Henry 2005 Kelvin Kerkow & Mervyn King (1/2) 2006 Billy Jackson & David Gourlay (1/2) 2007 Billy Jackson & David Gourlay (2/2) 2008 Andy Thomson & Ian Bond (1/2) 2009 Kelvin Kerkow & Mervyn King (2/2) 2010 Andy Thomson & Ian Bond (2/2) 2011 Paul Foster & Alex Marshall (1/3) 2012 Paul Foster & Alex Marshall (2/3) 2013 Paul Foster & Alex Marshall (3/3) 2014 Greg Harlow & Nick Brett 2015 Robert Paxton & Simon Skelton 2016 Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett

World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champions

Year Winner 2004 Alex Marshall & Amy Monkhouse 2005 John Price & Carol Ashby (1/2) 2006 John Price & Carol Ashby (2/2) 2007 Greg Harlow & Jo Morris 2008 David Gourlay & Ceri-Anne Davies (1/2) 2009 David Gourlay & Ceri-Anne Davies (2/2) 2010 Alex Marshall & Carol Ashby

Year Winner 2011 Simon Skelton & Alison Merrien 2012 David Gourlay & Debbie Stavrou 2013 Paul Foster & Laura Thomas 2014 Paul Foster & Laura Thomas 2015 Robert Paxton & Marion Purcell 2016 Darren Burnett & Katherine Rednall

External links

• World Bowls Tour

References

1. "Tennis, football and bowls: Must-not-miss on the BBC." BBC. Retrieved on 26 January 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/17151954
2. Newby, Donald (1989). Bowls Year Book 89. the Daily Telegraph. ISBN 0-330-31093-3.