2006 World Indoor Bowls Championship

World Indoor Championships 2006
World Indoor Championships 2006
28th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)	January, 2006.
Category	World Indoor Championships
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Last updated January 17, 2024

The 2006 Potters Holidays World Indoor Bowls Championship^[1] was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, in 2006. The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays.

Draw and results

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Winners

Event	Winner
Men's Singles	Mervyn King
Women's Singles	Ellen Falkner
Men's Pairs	Billy Jackson & David Gourlay
Mixed Pairs	John Price & Carol Ashby

Men's singles

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

Paxton		3	10	1

King		11	7	2
						King	12	13

					14	Harlow	8	9
	Hill	6	2

14	Harlow	10	8

Top half

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

1	Paul Foster	7	10

	Gordon Charlton	6	2
				1	Foster	12	9

				16	Kennedy	2	7
16	Noel Kennedy	10	7

	Kevin Jones	9	6
									1	Foster	9	4	0

										Paxton	4	8	2
8	Jason Greenslade	8	4

	Robert Paxton	10	6
					Paxton	11	2	2

				9	McMahon	3	7	0
9	Mark McMahon	7	8

	George Tubby	5	6
															Paxton	3	10	1

															King	11	7	2
4	Alex Marshall	9	8

	Graham Robertson	8	3
				4	Marshall	1	1

					King	11	9
13	Billy Jackson	8	4

	Mervyn King	9	8
										King	7	9

										Rees	7	3
5	Kelvin Kerkow	4	8

	Stephen Rees	8	9
					Rees	6	8

					Denison	5	7
12	Les Gillett	5	6

	Danny Denison	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

2	Andy Thomson	5	7

	Jamie Hill	8	11
						Hill	10	12

					15	Royal	1	6
15	Mark Royal	5	10	2

	Wayne Hogg	10	4	0
											Hill	11	8

											Morgan	6	8
7	John Price	8	1	1

	Barry Browne	7	10	2
						Browne	4	6

						Morgan	9	6
10	Ian Bond	8	3	0

	Richard Morgan	5	9	2
																Hill	6	2

															14	Harlow	10	8
3	David Gourlay	6	5	2

	Stuart Airey	4	8	1
					3	Gourlay	8	7

					14	Harlow	8	10
14	Greg Harlow	7	7

	Robert Newman	6	5
										14	Harlow	12	6	2

											Smith	4	7	1
6	Robert Weale	12	6	1

	Graham Smith	5	7	2
						Smith	3	10	2

					11	Ross	11	4	1
11	Jonathan Ross	10	8

	Ian Rocky Stone	1	3

Women's singles

First round					Quarter-final				Semi-final				Final

	Laura Hawryszko	5	3

	Judy Penfold	6	11
						Penfold	1	3

						Falkner	11	10
	Ellen Falkner

	bye
										Falkner	6	9

										Brown	6	8
	Rozanna Muriwai	9	8	2

	Rosa Gandara	9	8	0
						Muriwai	3	6

						Brown	10	10
	Caroline Brown

	bye
														Falkner	11	11

														Morris	2	5
	Jo Morris

	bye
						Morris	7	10

						Darnell-Langton	6	16
	Theresa Darnell-Langton	11	10

	Amy Monkhouse	4	7
										Morris	10	7

										Broadhurst	7	3
	Gemma Broadhurst	10	8

	Sarah McKay	1	6
						Broadhurst	10	10

						Ashby	10	8
	Carol Ashby

	bye

Men's Pairs

First round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Kelvin Kerkow & Mervyn King	12	9

	Donny Piketh & John Connellan	1	5
					1	King & Kerkow	5	7	2

					8	Gillett & Skelton	6	3	1
8	Les Gillett & Simon Skelton	5	8	2

	Chris Young & Paul Coleman	6	4	0
										1	King & Kerkow	9	10

										4	Marshall & Foster	4	6
4	Alex Marshall & Paul Foster	10	7	2

	Ian McClure & Jeremy Henry	6	10	0
					4	Marshall & Foster	8	9

					5	Greenslade & Weale	8	7
5	Jason Greenslade & Robert Weale	6	11

	Leslie Saunders & Steve Harris	5	3
														1	King & Kerkow	6	12	0

														3	Gourlay & Jackson	9	3	2
3	David Gourlay & Billy Jackson	7	7

	Ed Quo & Neil Furman	6	5
					3	Gourlay & Jackson	8	7

					6	Rees & Price	6	5
6	John Price & Stephen Rees	12	11

	Robbie Thomson & Andrew McCallum	4	3
										3	Gourlay & Jackson	10	7

										7	Ross & Harlow	8	3
7	Greg Harlow & Jonathan Ross	5	8	2

	Anthony Laguzza & Aron Sherriff	6	4	0
					7	Harlow & Ross	7	12	2

					2	Bond & Thomson	9	0	0
2	Ian Bond & Andy Thomson	8	9

	Paul O'Donnell & John McCrorie	4	1

Mixed Pairs

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

	John Price & Carol Ashby	12	9

	Kelvin Kerkow & Jo Morris	1	4
					Price & Ashby	9	7	2

					Foster & Gandara	2	8	0
	Paul Foster & Rosa Gandara	9	6

	Alex Marshall & Laura Hawryszko	7	4
										Price & Ashby	13	8

										Weale & Monkhouse	3	8
	Robert Weale & Amy Monkhouse	7	8

	Jason Greenslade & Caroline Brown	7	5
					Weale & Monkhouse	9	6	2

					Gourlay & Falkner	5	8	1
	David Gourlay & Ellen Falkner	8	10

	Andy Thomson & Rozanna Muriwai	8	1

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References

↑ "Home". worldbowls.com.
↑ "2006 Results". World Bowls Tour. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
↑ "Times Archives". The Times. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2014-12-22.

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[1] "Home". worldbowls.com.

[2] "2006 Results". World Bowls Tour. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-01-12.

[3] "Times Archives". The Times. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2014-12-22.

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