2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship Explained

2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship
Number:46
Series:World Indoor Bowls Championship
Location: Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Dates:5–21 January 2024
Category:World Indoor Championships
Prev:2023
Next:2025

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

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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 Under 25

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Friday 5th January 2024 - Sun 21st January 2024 . World Bowls Tour . 11 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Bowls: World Indoor Championships . BBC Sport . 11 January 2024.
  3. Web site: The Imagine Cruising 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championships . Potters Holidays . 11 January 2024.
  4. Web site: IMAGINE CRUISING WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 . Bowls International . 18 December 2023 . 11 January 2024.
  5. Web site: Imagine Cruising World Indoor Bowls Championships returns to Norfolk coast . Eastern Daily Press . 15 December 2023 . 11 January 2024.
  6. News: World Indoor Bowls: Stewart Anderson beats Alex Marshall to win third title . BBC Sport . 21 January 2024 . 22 January 2024.
  7. Web site: World Indoor Bowls: Katherine Rednall beats Julie Forrest for third straight title . BBC Sport . 11 January 2024.
  8. Web site: Third Open Pairs Title For Anderson And Burnett . Bowls International . 16 January 2024 . 16 January 2024.
  9. Web site: Brilliant Brett wins his seventh World Indoor Gold medal . Peterborough Today . 17 January 2024.
  10. Web site: Weir Wins World Under 25 Singles Title . Bowls International . 21 January 2024 . 21 January 2024.