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World Indoor Bowls Championships

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This article is about the event organised by the World Bowls Tour. For the event organised by World Bowls & the IIBC, see World Bowls Indoor Championships.

World Indoor Bowls Championships
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 World Indoor Bowls Championship
SportBowls
Founded1979
ContinentInternational (Professional Bowls Association / World Bowls Tour)
Most recent
champion(s)		2025 Open singles
Scotland Jason Banks
2025 Women's singles
Scotland Julie Forrest
2025 Open pairs
Scotland Jason Banks &
Scotland Michael Stepney
2025 Mixed pairs
Scotland Jason Banks &
Scotland Beth Riva
TV partner(s)BBC Two, YouTube

The World Indoor Bowls Championship is an international bowls competition held annually at Potters Resorts in Hopton on Sea.

In recent history matches are streamed live on YouTube & Facebook, attracting around four million views annually.[1] The last week of the competition is televised live on BBC where the open singles and open pairs', women's singles and mixed pairs' finals are shown.[2]

History

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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. 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. While the competition was being held in Preston, Midland Bank and SAGA were also sponsors at various times.

In 1999, Potters Holidays took over the sponsorship and, as part of the agreement, the event moved to its current home at the company's resort in Hopton-on-Sea.[4] The mixed pairs competition was added to the championship in 2004.

Men's/Open singles champions

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Wins by individual (Open Singles only)

Name Titles Runners up Winning Years
Scotland Alex Marshall 6 2 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015
Scotland Paul Foster 5 2 1998, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2017
Scotland Richard Corsie 3 4 1989, 1991, 1993
England Andy Thomson 3 2 1994, 1995, 2012
England David Bryant 3 1 1979, 1980, 1981
Scotland Stewart Anderson 3 1 2013, 2019, 2024
England Tony Allcock 3 - 1986, 1987, 2002
Scotland Hugh Duff 2 1 1988, 1997
England Mark Dawes 2 - 2018, 2021
Wales John Price 1 3 1990
England Mervyn King 1 3 2006
England Greg Harlow 1 3 2010
Australia Ian Schuback 1 2 1992
England Robert Paxton 1 2 2020
Northern Ireland Jim Baker 1 1 1984
Scotland David Gourlay 1 1 1996
Wales Robert Weale 1 1 2000
England Nick Brett 1 1 2016
Scotland Jason Banks 1 1 2025
Scotland John Watson 1 - 1982
Scotland Bob Sutherland 1 - 1983
Wales Terry Sullivan 1 - 1985
England Billy Jackson 1 - 2009
Scotland Darren Burnett 1 - 2014
England Les Gillett 1 - 2022
England Jamie Walker 1 - 2023

Performance by country (Open singles only)

Country Titles
Scotland Scotland 24
England England 18
Wales Wales 3
Australia Australia 1
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1
Total 47

Women's singles champions

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Open pairs champions

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The Open Pairs (formerly the Men's Open pairs) allows anyone to compete, this is not to be confused with the Mixed Pairs. It was a men's only competition until 2012.

Mixed pairs champions

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Open under–25 champions

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Players with five or more titles

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Name Open singles Women's singles Open Pairs Mixed Pairs Total
Scotland Alex Marshall 6 N/A 6 2 14
Scotland Paul Foster 5 N/A 5 3 13
England Tony Allcock 3 N/A 8 - 11
England David Bryant 3 N/A 6 - 9
Scotland Stewart Anderson 3 N/A 3 2 8
England Nick Brett 1 N/A 3 3 7
Scotland/Australia David Gourlay 1 N/A 3 3 7
England Katherine Rednall - 6 - 1 7
England Carol Ashby - 3 - 3 6
England Andy Thomson 3 N/A 3 - 6
Scotland Darren Burnett 1 N/A 3 1 5
Scotland Richard Corsie 3 N/A 2 - 5
England Greg Harlow 1 N/A 3 1 5
Scotland Julie Forrest - 3 - 2 5

See also

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References

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