2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship

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]

2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship
46th World Indoor Bowls Championship
LocationEngland Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)5–21 January 2024
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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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

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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

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Open singles

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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