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International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC for short) is an international sport federation of Bowls. [ 1 ] In 2019, the IIBC came to an agreement with the World Bowls to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships .
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. [3] [2] It is currently organised by the Professional Bowls Association and the World Bowls Tour and involves mainly ...
The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships. [2] [3] In 2004, the mixed pairs event was added to the under 25 championships for the first time. [4] In 2005, Guernsey hosted the under 25 championships for the first time. [5] In 2012, Amy Stanton became the first female to win the women's title three years running. [6]
The competition was first held in 1979 in Coatbridge, Scotland as a men's singles only event. The first event was sponsored by Embassy Cigarettes. In 1986, the men's pairs competition was added to the championship. [3] In 1988, a rule change allowed women to compete for the first time and the women's singles competition was created.
The organization is responsible for the promotion and development of lawn bowls in the United States, and is affiliated with the world governing body World Bowls. [1] The organization arranges tournaments such as men's and women's United States National Bowls Championships, with competition in the bowls disciplines of singles and pairs. There ...
The 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship, sponsored by Ambassador Cruise Line, was the 2025 edition of the World Indoor Bowls Championships, held at Potters Resorts, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 10 to 26 January 2025. [1] [2]
Bowls in the United States is believed to have been in existence in Massachusetts and Connecticut as early as the mid-17th century. The sport in the United States probably originated from early settlers from the United Kingdom. Clubs existed long before the American Lawn Bowling Association was created in Buffalo, New York, on July 27, 1915 ...
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 ...