World Cup Singles Explained

Sport:Bowls
Established:2005
Defunct:2019
Location:Various
Administrator:World Bowls

World Cup Singles

The World Cup Singles was an event inaugurated in 2005 by the organisation known as World Bowls and was held until 2019. It was contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations. The competition was seen as the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the World Indoor Bowls Championships held annually in the United Kingdom and organised by the World Bowls Tour.[1]

The event was first held from 3-10 April 2005, at the Hong Kong Football Club indoor bowling green and Ap Lei Chau Sports Centre in Hong Kong[2] but eventually took place every year at the Warilla Bowls Club in New South Wales, Australia.

Although players from both hemispheres were able to compete, travelling restricted the entries and the majority of the leading indoor players from the Northern hemisphere did not take part.[3]

In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC), formerly the WIBC. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships.[4] [5]

Past winners

Men's singles

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2005 Mark Casey Terence Lee
2006 Neil Speirs[6] Safuan Said
2007 Kelvin Kerkow[7] Jeremy Henry
2008 Safuan Said Ali Forsyth
2009
2010 Leif Selby Anthony Kiepe
2011 James Talbot[8] Graeme Archer
2012 Jeremy Henry
2013 Jeremy Henry[9] Tony Grantham
2014 Jeremy Henry[10] Tony Wood
2015 Iain McLean[11] David Holt
2016 Jeremy Henry[12] Andrew Kyle
2017 Jeremy Henry[13] Muhammad Soufi Rusli
2018 Jeremy Henry David Ferguson
2019 Gary Kelly[14] Brendan Aquilina

Women's singles

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2005 Grace Chu Litia Tikoisuva
2006 Shirley Choy Doreen Hankin
2007 Judy Nardella Lorna Trigwell
2008 Alison Merrien[15] Val Smith
2009 Jo Edwards[16] Karen Murphy
2010 Jo Edwards Karen Murphy
2011 Jo Edwards Alison Merrien
2012 Alison Merrien Jo Edwards
2013 Jo Edwards Alison Merrien
2014 Caroline Brown Alison Merrien
2015 Siti Zalina Ahmad Julie Forrest
2016 Carmen Anderson Siti Zalina Ahmad
2017 Jo Edwards
2018 Lucy Beere Rebecca Van Asch
2019 Jo Edwards Lucy Beere

See also

World Bowls Events

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowls World Cup to begin in Warilla. 5 March 2018 . Inside the Games.
  2. Web site: International Events. Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
  3. Web site: Past results. World Bowls.com.
  4. Web site: Preview a new World Championship. Bristol Indoor Bowls. 12 April 2022.
  5. Web site: World Bowls Indoor Championships. World Bowls. 12 April 2022.
  6. Web site: Past results. 29 April 2006 . The Telegraph.
  7. Web site: Nardella, Kerkow win world bowls titles. 4 May 2007 . Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. Web site: Results. Irish Examiner.
  9. Web site: Henry Crowned Again. Bowls Australia.
  10. Web site: Scot conquers world en route to the Commonwealth Games. 17 April 2014 . The Herald.
  11. Web site: 2015 World Cup Singles Warilla Bowls Club, NSW, Australia, Day 9, Results. World Bowls.
  12. Web site: World Cup glory for Jeremy and Carmen. World Bowls.
  13. Web site: Edwards, Henry win fifth World Cup Bowls crown at Warilla. Bowls New Zealand.
  14. Web site: World Cup indoor singles – Day 9. Bowls International.
  15. News: Merrien conquers Indoor World Cup. 18 April 2008 . BBC Sport.
  16. Web site: Jo Edwards (possibly) bows out in style. 2 April 2009 . Radio NZ.

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