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
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships

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

  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.