2013 World Indoor Bowls Championship

World Indoor Championships 2013
35th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location England Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s) January, 2013.
Category World Indoor Championships
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The 2013 World Indoor Bowls Championship[1] was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, in January 2013.

The event was sponsored by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and was the 35th annual World Indoor Bowls Championships. The men's singles title was won by Stewart Anderson,[2] while the ladies singles was won by Rebecca Field.[3][4]

The 2013 tournament saw the introduction of the shot clock, used for the first time at the World Championships. It was previously trialled at the 2012 Scottish International Open and has been used in Australia. Each player is allowed 30 seconds to play their shot, and if they run out of time, the hooter will sound and their bowl is removed. However, players can use up to four time-outs in a match - which resets the clock to 60 seconds - and are given an extra time-out if the match goes to a tie-break set.[5]

Draw & Results

Men's Singles

Finals

Semi Finals Final
 
9  Scotland Anderson 5 9    
4  Scotland Gourlay 5 4    
  9  Scotland Anderson 10 10  
  3  Scotland Foster 10 9  
x  Scotland Walker 5 8 0
3  Scotland Foster 7 4 2  

Top half

  First Round Second Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals
                                                     
1  England Andy Thomson 8 3    
   New Zealand Phil Bennett 8 8    
   New Zealand Bennett 4 3  
 
  16  England Brett 9 7  
16  England Nick Brett 5 12 2
   Wales Robert Chisholm 7 6 1  
  16  England Brett 4 7 1  
  9  Scotland Anderson 9 6 2  
9  Scotland Stewart Anderson 8 9    
   England Mark Dawes 8 5    
  9  Scotland Anderson 7 3 2
 
   Scotland Allan 6 9 1  
8  England Simon Skelton 8 5  
   Scotland Steve Allan 8 7    
  9  Scotland Anderson 5 9  
  4  Scotland Gourlay 5 4  
4  Scotland David Gourlay 9 9    
   Australia Kelvin Kerkow 6 5    
  4  Scotland Gourlay 9 12
 
  13  Scotland Marshall 4 1  
13  Scotland Alex Marshall 9 9  
   England Scott Edwards 8 6    
  4  Scotland Gourlay 11 12  
  12  Wales Price 2 4    
5  Scotland Darren Burnett 5 6    
   Northern Ireland Clifford Craig 12 10    
   Northern Ireland Craig 5 4
 
  12  Wales Price 8 8  
12  Wales John Price 8 8  
   England Jamie Chestney 5 4    

Bottom half

  First Round Second Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals
                                                     
2  England Greg Harlow 4 9 1  
   Scotland Colin Walker 9 3 2  
     Scotland Walker 10 2 2  
 
     Australia Pearse 4 8 1  
15  Wales Robert Weale 8 4  
   Australia Ray Pearse 12 6    
     Scotland Walker 7 7  
  10  England Paxton 6 7  
7  England Mark Royal 14 13  
   South Africa Tracy Meyeridricks 4 0  
  7  England Royal 10 7 0
 
  10  England Paxton 3 8 2  
10  England Robert Paxton 8 4 2
   Scotland Robert Gordon 6 7 0  
   Scotland Walker 5 8 0
  3  Scotland Foster 7 4 2
3  Scotland Paul Foster 11 11    
   Wales Stephen Harris 2 5    
  3  Scotland Foster 10 10
 
  14  Wales Greenslade 3 4  
14  Wales Jason Greenslade 4 10 2
   England Billy Jackson 9 1 1  
  3  Scotland Foster 11 9
  6  England King 3 5  
6  England Mervyn King 9 12    
   England Les Gillett 6 3    
  6  England King 7 4 2
 
  11  Scotland Ross 6 14 1  
11  Scotland Jonathan Ross 12 7 2
 England Pat Briscoe 7 8 1  

Women's Singles

  First Round Semi Finals Final
                                       
  1  England Rebecca Field 5 10 2  
8  Wales Laura Thomas 9 5 0  
     England Field 8 8  
     Wales Kerry Packwood 7 7  
4  Wales Kerry Packwood 4 13 2
  5  England Debbie Stavrou 9 5 0  
       England Field 11 8 2
     GuernseyMerrien 7 10 1
  3  Australia Karen Murphy 10 5 0  
6  Wales Kelly Packwood 3 9 2  
     Wales Kelly Packwood 6 1  
     GuernseyMerrien 7 11    
2  Guernsey Alison Merrien 9 6 2
  7  England Ellen Falkner 4 7 1  

Open Pairs

  First Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                                                     
1  Scotland Paul Foster & Alex Marshall  
    bye  
  1  Scotland Foster & Marshall 6 11 2  
 
     England Thomson & Royal 9 3 1  
   England Andy Thomson & Mark Royal 11 8  
   England Scott Edwards & Leigh Prince 2 6    
  1  Scotland Foster & Marshall 5 8 2  
     England King & Skelton 7 7 1  
   England Simon Skelton & Mervyn King 9 16  
   Wales Gareth Rees & Gavin Rees 4 0  
     England Skelton & King 10 6
 
  4  Scotland Gourlay & England Paxton 0 6  
4  England Robert Paxton & Scotland David Gourlay  
    bye    
  1  Scotland Foster & Marshall 9 7 2
  3  Scotland Burnett & Anderson 7 8 1
   England Billy Jackson & Wales John Price 10 2 2  
   Northern Ireland John McCullough & Roy Battersby 3 8 0  
     England Jackson & Wales Price 2 4  
 
  2  England Harlow & Brett 8 8    
2  England Greg Harlow & Nick Brett  
    bye    
  2  England Harlow & Brett 5 5  
  3  Scotland Burnett & Anderson 7 9    
   Wales Robert Weale & Jason Greenslade 9 11  
   Scotland Graeme Donaldson & Colin Walker 4 7  
     Wales Greenslade & Weale 5 4
 
  3  Scotland Burnett & Anderson 8 13  
3  Scotland Darren Burnett & Stewart Anderson  
    bye    

Mixed Pairs

  Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                                       
  1  England Mervyn King & Guernsey Alison Merrien 13 7 2  
8  Scotland David Gourlay & England Debbie Stavrou 8 10 1  
     England King & Guernsey Merrien 3 13 1  
     Scotland Burnett & Australia Murphy 8 3 2  
4  Scotland Darren Burnett & Australia Karen Murphy 9 6  
  5  England Andy Thomson & Ellen Falkner 4 6    
       Scotland Burnett & Australia Murphy 5 6
     Scotland Foster & Wales Thomas 12 10
  3  Scotland Paul Foster & Wales Laura Thomas 5 8 2  
6  England Simon Skelton & Wales Kelly Packwood 6 5 1  
     Scotland Foster & Wales Thomas 9 11  
     England Royal & Wales Packwood 1 3    
2  England Mark Royal & Wales Kerry Packwood 7 2 2
  7  England Greg Harlow & Rebecca Field 2 10 1  

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldbowlstour.com
  2. ↑ "Stewart Anderson wins World Indoor bowls title". BBC Sport. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Thorpe, David (27 January 2013). "Anderson wins Potters classic". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rebecca Field beats Alison Merrien to win world indoor title". BBC Sport. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "World Indoor Bowls: Shot clock will add 'excitement'". BBC Sport. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

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