World Indoor Bowls Championships

World Indoor Bowls Championships

Sport	Bowls
Founded	1979
Continent	International (Professional Bowls Association / World Bowls Tour)
Most recent champion(s)	2015 Men's Singles Alex Marshall 2015 Women's Singles Laura Thomas 2015 Open Pairs Robert Paxton & Simon Skelton 2015 Mixed Pairs Robert Paxton & Marion Purcell
TV partner(s)	BBC Two[1] (UK (Final))

The World Indoor Bowls Championship was first held in 1979 at Coatbridge in Scotland for men's singles only. The event was sponsored by Embassy in the early years and grew in stature. In 1988 the venue changed to Alexandra Palace and one year later Churchill Insurance took over the sponsorship when the championships were held at Preston Guild Hall. The Midland Bank and SAGA were two more sponsors during the Preston era. In 1999 Potters Holidays came in to take over the sponsorship and the event moved to Hopton-on-Sea, where it is still held today. The BBC also show live coverage of the championships during the last week which includes all four competition finals.

The men's pairs started in 1986, the women's singles in 1988 and the mixed pairs in 2004.^[2]

World Indoor Men's Singles Champions

Alex Marshall from Scotland has won the event a record six times. Fellow Scot Paul Foster is two wins behind with four successes.

Year Winner Runner up 1979 David Bryant (1/3) Jim Donnelly 1980 David Bryant (2/3) Philip Chok 1981 David Bryant (3/3) John Thomas 1982 John Watson Jim Baker 1983 Bob Sutherland Burnham Gill 1984 Jim Baker Nigel Smith 1985 Terry Sullivan Cecil Bransky 1986 Tony Allcock (1/3) Phil Skoglund 1987 Tony Allcock (2/3) David Bryant 1988 Hugh Duff (1/2) Wynne Richards 1989 Richard Corsie (1/3) Willie Wood 1990 John Price Ian Schuback 1991 Richard Corsie (2/3) Ian Schuback

Year Winner Runner up 1992 Ian Schuback John Price 1993 Richard Corsie (3/3) Jim McCann 1994 Andy Thomson (1/3) Richard Corsie 1995 Andy Thomson (2/3) Richard Corsie 1996 David Gourlay Hugh Duff 1997 Hugh Duff (2/2) Andy Thomson 1998 Paul Foster (1/4) Mervyn King 1999 Alex Marshall (1/6) David Gourlay 2000 Robert Weale John Price 2001 Paul Foster (2/4) Richard Corsie 2002 Tony Allcock (3/3) Richard Corsie 2003 Alex Marshall (2/6) John Price 2004 Alex Marshall (3/6) Mark McMahon

Year Winner Runner up 2005 Paul Foster (3/4) John Price 2006 Mervyn King Greg Harlow 2007 Alex Marshall (4/6) Mervyn King 2008 Alex Marshall (5/6) Ian Bond 2009 Billy Jackson Robert Weale 2010 Greg Harlow Stewart Anderson 2011 Paul Foster (4/4) Alex Marshall 2012 Andy Thomson (3/3) Jason Greenslade 2013 Stewart Anderson Paul Foster 2014 Darren Burnett Mervyn King 2015 Alex Marshall (6/6) Andy Thomson

Wins by individual

	Name	Titles	Runners up	Winning Years
	Alex Marshall	6	1	1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015
	Paul Foster	4	1	1998, 2001, 2005, 2011
	Richard Corsie	3	4	1989, 1991, 1993
	Andy Thomson	3	2	1994, 1995, 2012
	David Bryant	3	1	1979, 1980, 1981
	Tony Allcock	3	-	1986, 1987, 2002
	Hugh Duff	2	1	1988, 1997
	John Price	1	3	1990
	Mervyn King	1	3	2006
	Jim Baker	1	1	1984
	Ian Schuback	1	1	1992
	David Gourlay	1	1	1996
	Robert Weale	1	1	2000
	Greg Harlow	1	1	2010
	Stewart Anderson	1	1	2013
	John Watson	1	-	1982
	Bob Sutherland	1	-	1983
	Terry Sullivan	1	-	1985
	Billy Jackson	1	-	2009
	Darren Burnett	1	-	2014

Performance by country

Country	Winning Players	Titles	Runners up
Scotland	9	19	11
England	6	12	10
Wales	3	3	7
Australia	1	1	3
Northern Ireland	1	1	1
Hong Kong	-	-	1
Israel	-	-	1
New Zealand	-	-	1

World Indoor Women's Singles Champions

Year Winner 1988 Margaret Johnston 1990 Fleur Bougourd 1991 Mary Price 1992 Sarah Gourlay 1993 Kate Adams 1994 Jan Woodley 1995 Joyce Lindores 1996 Sandy Hazell 1997 Norma Shaw 1998 Caroline McAllister (1/2) 1999 Caroline McAllister (2/2) 2000 Marlene Castle

Year Winner 2001 Betty Brown 2002 Carol Ashby (1/3) 2003 Carol Ashby (2/3) 2004 Carol Ashby (3/3) 2005 Ellen Falkner (1/2) 2006 Ellen Falkner (2/2) 2007 Caroline Brown 2008 Ceri-Ann Davies 2009 Debbie Stavrou (1/2) 2010 Debbie Stavrou (2/2) 2011 Alison Merrien 2012 Karen Murphy

Year Winner 2013 Rebecca Field 2014 Katherine Rednall 2015 Laura Thomas

World Indoor Men's Pairs/Open Champions

The Men's Pairs now Open Pairs allows women to compete, this is not to be confused with the Mixed Pairs. It was a men's only competition until 2012.

Year Winner 1986 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (1/6) 1987 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (2/6) 1988 Ian Schuback & Jim Yates 1989 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (3/6) 1990 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (4/6) 1991 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (5/6) 1992 Tony Allcock & David Bryant (6/6) 1993 Gary Smith & Andy Thomson 1994 Ian Schuback & Cameron Curtis 1995 Richard Corsie & Alex Marshall 1996 Ian Schuback & Kelvin Kerkow 1997 Tony Allcock & Mervyn King 1998 Richard Corsie & Graham Robertson 1999 John Price & Stephen Rees 2000 David Gourlay & Alex Marshall

Year Winner 2001 Les Gillett & Mark McMahon 2002 Hugh Duff & Paul Foster 2003 Tony Allcock & David Holt 2004 Ian McClure & Jeremy Henry 2005 Kelvin Kerkow & Mervyn King (1/2) 2006 Billy Jackson & David Gourlay (1/2) 2007 Billy Jackson & David Gourlay (2/2) 2008 Andy Thomson & Ian Bond (1/2) 2009 Kelvin Kerkow & Mervyn King (2/2) 2010 Andy Thomson & Ian Bond (2/2) 2011 Paul Foster & Alex Marshall (1/3) 2012 Paul Foster & Alex Marshall (2/3) 2013 Paul Foster & Alex Marshall (3/3) 2014 Greg Harlow & Nick Brett 2015 Robert Paxton & Simon Skelton

World Indoor Mixed Pairs Champions

Year Winner 2004 Alex Marshall & Amy Monkhouse 2005 John Price & Carol Ashby (1/2) 2006 John Price & Carol Ashby (2/2) 2007 Greg Harlow & Jo Morris 2008 David Gourlay & Ceri-Anne Davies (1/2) 2009 David Gourlay & Ceri-Anne Davies (2/2)

Year Winner 2010 Alex Marshall & Carol Ashby 2011 Simon Skelton & Alison Merrien 2012 David Gourlay & Debbie Stavrou 2013 Paul Foster & Laura Thomas 2014 Paul Foster & Laura Thomas 2015 Robert Paxton & Marion Purcell

External links

• World Bowls Tour

References