| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||
| Born | c.1973 [1] | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sports Commentator and Presenter | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Indoor bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | Newton Hall Indoor Bowling Club | |||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
| National finals | Indoor singles (2018) indoor pairs (2015) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janice Gower is a female international indoor bowls player from England.
Gower played in the Professional Bowls Association and World Bowls Tour and was the first English female to qualify for the last 32 of the Open World Indoor Singles. [2]
She made her indoor international debut in 2008 and was part of the squad for ten years. [3] She has won the English national Singles title in 2018 [1] and won the English National Pairs in 2015.[ citation needed ]
In 2020, she reached the final of the women's singles at the 2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship losing out to Julie Forrest. [4]
Gower worked as the lead commentator for the World Bowls Tour live streaming and is a sports presenter, including working for the BBC, Sky, ITV and Eurosport. [5]
She now works freelance for the sport in a journalist capacity as well as presenting and commentating for events.[ citation needed ] She is also a competition manager for special Olympics indoor bowls and also heads up a management team, as event manager and competition manager, who organise events for Learning Disabilities athletes.[ citation needed ]
She won the 'Services to Bowls' award at the World Bowls Tour Awards held during January 2019 for her work and commitment with disabled and mentally impaired bowlers. [6]
Hirendra Bhartu is a Canadian professional indoor and lawn bowler from Suva, Fiji. He has won nine Canadian national titles in Men's Singles and Pairs as well as Mixed Pairs.
Ellen Marie Falkner is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England. Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls.
Amy Pharaoh also known as Amy Gowshall and Amy Monkhouse is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
This page is about the World Indoor Bowls Championships. For the event organised by the World Bowls & the IIBC, see World Bowls Indoor Championships
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Rebecca Field married name Rebecca Willgress is an English international lawn & indoor bowls player. Field was the 2013 World Indoor singles champion.
This page is about the IIBC Championships. For the World Bowls Tour, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.
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Ellen Ryan is a female Australian international lawn and indoor bowler.
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Carla Banks is a Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler.
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The 2021 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 8–24 January 2021. The event was organised by the World Bowls Tour, televised by the BBC and streamed live on YouTube. The event was played behind closed doors and there was no under-25 competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence of the pandemic there were no overseas players involved.
Devon Cooper is a female English international outdoor and indoor bowler.
This page is about the World Bowls/IIBC Indoor Championships. For the event organised by the World Bowls Tour, see 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship
