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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 inaugural event was held at Kempston Indoor Bowls Club, Bedford, England, and had the biggest gathering of short mat bowls talent from all over Europe including England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Belgium and Sweden. In subsequent years, the John Burgess Trophy became a pairs event instead of the original triples format.
Women's singles match at the 2013 nationals Beach House Park in Worthing, former venue of the men's championships from 1974–2013. The English Bowls Association was the governing body of bowls in England until 2007. From 2008 onwards, Bowls England was formed, which now runs the sport. The national finals for bowls are held annually, where ...
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 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 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [17] In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent England at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [18] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events.