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The event was organised by the World Bowls Tour and was televised by the BBC and World Bowls Tour via its YouTube and Facebook channels. Stewart Anderson and Katherine Rednall were defending the men's and women's singles titles, respectively. [3] [4] Anderson lost in the quarter-finals to David Gourlay. [5]
In 1988, a rule change allowed women to compete for the first time and the women's singles competition was created. This rule change also changed expanded the men's singles and pairs competition and both become open tournaments. In 1989, the championships moved to the Guild Hall in Preston, England and Churchill Insurance took over the sponsorship.
Some of the world's best men and women bowlers will compete in singles, pairs and mixed pairs over 10 days. Long mat matches started on Friday and are scheduled to finish on Sunday, 26 January.
One of two World Championship indoor events. Organised by the PBA/World Bowls Tour. First held in 1979, the World Indoor Bowls Championships for men and women are held every year. There are currently five events, the open singles, the open pairs, the women's singles, the mixed pairs and open under-25 singles.
The 2025 event made headlines when organisers decided Israeli players could compete, despite a campaign by pro-Palestinian groups. Ms Spencer is a ward sister at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston [United ...
Why were Israeli players banned from the World Indoor Bowls Championships and what happened next?
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 ...
First held in Australia in 1966, the World Outdoor Bowls Championships for men and women are held every four years. From 2008 the men's and women's events were held together. Qualifying national bowls organisations (usually countries) are represented by a team of five players, who play once as a single and a four, then again as a pair and a triple.