2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship

2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship
2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship
46th World Indoor Bowls Championship
Location	Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)	5–21 January 2024
Category	World Indoor Championships
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The 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship was the 2024 edition of the World Indoor Bowls Championship, held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 5-21 January 2024.^[1] The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour and will be televised by the BBC and YouTube.^[2] The event is being sponsored for the second consecutive year by Imagine Cruising.^[3]

Jamie Walker and Katherine Rednall were the men's and women's defending champions respectively.^[4]^[5]

In an all-Scottish final, two-time champion and number 4 seed Stewart Anderson beat the six-time champion Alex Marshall MBE. Marshall received a wild card to compete and was unseeded because his form had dropped over the last few years but produced outstanding performances to reach the final, including a faultless semi-final win over friend and rival Paul Foster MBE. Anderson defeated another wild card and debutant Harry Goodwin in the other semi-final before sealing the win over Marshall in the final.^[6]

Katherine Rednall started her year in fine form, winning her sixth singles title at the championships, defeating Julie Forrest in a close final. Forrest was always in control in the first set before Rednall dominated the second to force a tie break. Rednall's win was largely due to her choosing short lengths (23 metres) throughout the second set and tie break ends.^[7]

In another all-Scottish final Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett won the open pairs for the third time defeating Paul Foster and Jason Banks.^[8] Nick Brett and Julie Forrest, bowling together for the first time in this event, won the mixed pairs for their third and second mixed titles respectively.^[9]

Darren Weir completed a Scottish dominated championships with a comprehensive victory over Rebecca Moorbey in the Under-25 event.^[10]

Winners

Event	Winner
Open Singles	Stewart Anderson
Ladies Singles	Katherine Rednall
Open Pairs	Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett
Mixed Pairs	Nick Brett & Julie Forrest
World Under-25s	Darren Weir

Draw and results

Open singles

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	Jamie Walker	7	9
	Iain McLean	4	2		1	Walker	7	7
16	Jason Banks	10	8		16	Banks	6	5
	Blake Nairn	7	4							1	Walker	9	6	1
9	Wayne Willgress	7	6	1							Goodwin	3	10	2
	Harry Goodwin	4	10	2		Goodwin	8	4	2
8	David Gourlay	9	7		8	Gourlay	7	7	0
	Daniel Salmon	3	6													Goodwin	8	4
5	Robert Paxton	11	9												4	Anderson	9	8
	Philip Last	2	7		5	Paxton	10	8	2
12	Darren Burnett	3	13	0		Weir	3	11	0
	Darren Weir	10	8	2						5	Paxton	5	1
13	Jamie Chestney	5	10	0						4	Anderson	8	9
	Jon Wilson	8	4	2		Wilson	4	2
4	Stewart Anderson	7	8		4	Anderson	10	12
	Wayne Roberts	5	3																	4	Anderson	12	13
3	Les Gillett	10	7																		Marshall	7	10
	David Bolt	5	7		3	Gillett	8	9
14	Mervyn King	12	7		14	King	7	8
	Dylan Jacobs	4	6							3	Gillett	8	3	1
11	Greg Harlow	8	3								Marshall	4	8	2
	Alex Marshall	9	9			Marshall	8	8	2
6	Mark Dawes	11	5	1		Kreft	3	10	0
	Martin Kreft	4	6	2												Marshall	6	10	2
7	Nick Brett	13	9												2	Foster	7	5	0
	Alastair Coleman	2	6		7	Brett	6	9
10	Jason Greenslade	5	10	1		Mellors	5	7
	Billy Mellors	7	4	2						7	Brett	3	2
15	Michael Stepney	14	13							2	Foster	11	6
	Desmond Lai	1	4		15	Stepney	7	4
2	Paul Foster	6	8		2	Foster	10	8
	Aron Sherriff	4	3

Ladies Singles

First round					Semi-finals					Final

	Katherine Rednall	11	6

	Annalisa Dunham	5	6
						Rednall	7	4	2

						Rogers	5	8	0
	Ailsa Robertson	2	0

	Nicole Rogers	10	11
											Rednall	5	12	2

											Forrest	9	5	1
	Giulia Gallo	4	7

	Ceri Ann Glen	9	9
						Glen	5	8

						Forrest	9	9
	Lauren Gowen	10	7	1

	Julie Forrest	7	9	2

Open Pairs

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final


						Greg Harlow Nick Brett	10	10
						Paul Nicholls Tim Stone	5	5
											Harlow Brett	7	4
											Dawes Chestney	8	10
						Mark Dawes Jamie Chestney	9	9
	Peter Harvey Kevin Douglas	5	7			Nicholls Owen	2	3
	Sara Nicholls Ross Owen	5	8													Anderson Burnett	8	9
																Dawes Chestney	6	8
						Mervyn King David Gourlay	9	4	1
	Mark McPeak Stuart Bennett	12	8			McPeak Bennett	8	7	2
	Rick Lyons Jake Masterson	1	2								McPeak Bennett	4	11	1
											Anderson Burnett	11	5	2
						Stewart Anderson Darren Burnett	12	10
	Alan Yuen Timmy Lui	7	4			Catchpole Johnson	0	4
	Ian Catchpole Aaron Johnson	9	7																		Anderson Burnett	8	11
																					Banks Foster	5	5
						Les Gillett Wayne Willgress	6	7
	Paul Wallace Kenny Johnstone	11	4	2		Wallace Johnstone	10	7
	Jesse May Rachel Marcuson	4	10	1							Wallace Johnstone	6	5
											Paxton Walker	9	7
						Robert Paxton Jamie Walker	8	8
	Tom Warner Perry Martin	5	9	2		Warner Martin	3	4
	Martin Kreft Richard Corry	7	5	0												Paxton Walker	9	5	1
																Banks Foster	6	10	2
						Michael Stepney Jason Greenslade	8	9
	Ronnie Duncan Colin Walker	4	11	2		Duncan Walker	7	5
	David Hadar Zvika Hadar	7	6	0							Stepney Greenslade	6	6
											Banks Foster	8	7
						Jason Banks Paul Foster	9	16
						Chris Carruthers Justin Wright	8	4

Mixed Pairs

First Round				Semi-finals					Final

	Stewart Anderson Ceri Ann Glen	9	7

	David Gourlay Annalisa Dunham	5	5
					Anderson Glen	4	9	2

					Dawes Gallo	8	4	1
	Paul Foster Lauren Gowen	5	5

	Mark Dawes Giulia Gallo	7	6
										Anderson Glen	2	9	0

										Brett Forrest	12	8	2
	Wayne Willgress Nicole Rogers	9	12

	Les Gillett Katherine Rednall	4	2
					Willgress Rogers	5	5

					Brett Forrest	7	7
	Nick Brett Julie Forrest	8	6

	Robert Paxton Ailsa Robertson	7	6

Open Under 25

Semi-finals				Final

Daniel Pool	6	11	0

Rebecca Moorbey	8	2	2
				Moorbey	3	4

				Weir	13	16
Darren Weir	12	9

Jack East	5	5

References

^ "Friday 5th January 2024 - Sun 21st January 2024". World Bowls Tour. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Bowls: World Indoor Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "The Imagine Cruising 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championships". Potters Holidays. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "IMAGINE CRUISING WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Bowls International. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Imagine Cruising World Indoor Bowls Championships returns to Norfolk coast". Eastern Daily Press. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson beats Alex Marshall to win third title". BBC Sport. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "World Indoor Bowls: Katherine Rednall beats Julie Forrest for third straight title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ "Third Open Pairs Title For Anderson And Burnett". Bowls International. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ "Brilliant Brett wins his seventh World Indoor Gold medal". Peterborough Today. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ "Weir Wins World Under 25 Singles Title". Bowls International. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

External links

World Bowls results at Potters Resorts

[1] "Friday 5th January 2024 - Sun 21st January 2024". World Bowls Tour. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[2] "Bowls: World Indoor Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[3] "The Imagine Cruising 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championships". Potters Holidays. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[4] "IMAGINE CRUISING WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024". Bowls International. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[5] "Imagine Cruising World Indoor Bowls Championships returns to Norfolk coast". Eastern Daily Press. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[6] "World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson beats Alex Marshall to win third title". BBC Sport. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[7] "World Indoor Bowls: Katherine Rednall beats Julie Forrest for third straight title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

[8] "Third Open Pairs Title For Anderson And Burnett". Bowls International. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[9] "Brilliant Brett wins his seventh World Indoor Gold medal". Peterborough Today. Retrieved 17 January 2024.

[10] "Weir Wins World Under 25 Singles Title". Bowls International. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

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