2007 World Indoor Bowls Championship

World Indoor Championships 2007
World Indoor Championships 2007
29th World Indoor Bowls Championships
Location	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)	08-28 January 2007.
Category	World Indoor Championships
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Last updated January 17, 2024

The 2007 World Indoor Bowls Championships ^[1] was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-28 January 2007.^[2] The event was sponsored by Potters Holidays.
Alex Marshall won the men's singles defeating Mervyn King in the final achieving a record fourth title. Marshall won the title despite carrying a back injury and being seeded only seventh.

Winners

Event	Winner
Men's Singles	Alex Marshall
Women's Singles	Caroline Brown
Men's Pairs	Billy Jackson & David Gourlay
Mixed Pairs	Greg Harlow & Jo Morris

Draws and results

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Men's singles

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	Mervyn King	9	6
	Mark Smith	2	6		1	King	11	8	2
16	Les Gillett	7	9		16	Gillett	5	10	1
	Hiren Bhartu	2	7							1	King	7	10
8	Ian Bond	8	9							9	Weale	5	6
	Steven Morgan	6	5		8	Bond	8	2	1
9	Robert Weale	5	8	2	9	Weale	3	11	2
	Rowan Brassey	8	2	1											1	King	11	10
4	David Gourlay	9	12												4	Gourlay	1	4
	Theuns Fraser	8	2		4	Gourlay	14	4	2
13	Jonathan Ross	10	7		13	Ross	6	6	0
	Richard Broad	3	5							4	Gourlay	6	12	2
5	Andy Thomson	11	7							5	Thomson	7	2	1
	Paul Coleman	3	4		5	Thomson	6	8
12	John Price	9	6	0		Brown	5	5
	Danny Brown	4	7	2															1	King	7	4	0
3	Jason Greenslade	9	8																7	Marshall	6	13	2
	Graham Smith	7	8		3	Greenslade	8	11
14	Mark McMahon	9	9		14	McMahon	3	6
	Stephen Moran	3	3							3	Greenslade	9	9
6	Paul Foster	7	8								Chestney	9	6
	Richard Moses	7	5		6	Foster	5	5
11	Mark Royal	2	7			Chestney	7	9
	Jamie Chestney	7	7												3	Greenslade	6	5
2	Greg Harlow	6	9												7	Marshall	7	7
	Chris Young	5	7		2	Harlow	6	5
15	Billy Jackson	11	4	2	15	Jackson	7	6
	Ricky Lindbeck	2	7	0						15	Jackson	4	6
7	Alex Marshall	12	12							7	Marshall	8	7
	Heron Lau	2	0		7	Marshall	9	8
10	Kelvin Kerkow	7	10		10	Kerkow	7	5
	Charles Millar	7	6

Men's Pairs

First round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

1	David Gourlay Billy Jackson	9	8
	John Roberts Martin Selway	4	4		1	Gourlay Jackson	11	4	2
8	John Price Stephen Rees	8	6		8	Price Rees	0	8	1
	Paul Girdler Ken Walker	8	5							1	Gourlay Jackson	7	4	2
4	Ian Bond Andy Thomson	9	5	2						4	Bond Thomson	5	9	0
	Anthony Laguzza Aron Sherriff	7	10	0	4	Bond Thomson	8	6
5	Alex Marshall Paul Foster	6	11	1		Brown Heath	6	5
	Danny Brown James Heath	7	2	2											1	Gourlay Jackson	14	9
2	Greg Harlow Jonathan Ross	9	11												3	Greenslade Weale	3	6
	Kevin Jones Martin Haalstra	4	3		2	Harlow Ross	5	5
7	Mark Royal Simon Skelton	8	6			Hogg Speirs	6	5
	Wayne Hogg Neil Speirs	10	8								Hogg Speirs	3	4
3	Jason Greenslade Robert Weale	12	10							3	Greenslade Weale	11	9
	Theuns Fraser Nick Rusling	0	4		3	Greenslade Weale	7	9
6	Kelvin Kerkow Mervyn King	9	9		6	Kerkow King	6	3
	Noel Graham Clifford Craig	8	9

Women's singles

First round				Second round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

	Caroline Brown

	bye
					Brown	13	10

					Gandara	4	12
	Rosa Gandara	11	8

	Candy Leung	3	3
										Brown	7	9

										Ashby	6	8
	Carol Ashby	9	12

	Leila Hassan	2	3
					Ashby	7	8

					Morris	6	7
	Jo Morris

	bye
															Brown	9	10

															Falkner	4	5
	Ellen Falkner

	bye
					Falkner	13	9

					Dawson	8	4
	Karen Dawson	11	12

	Tracy Meyeridricks	3	0
										Falkner	7	9	2

										Stavrou	10	8	1
	Debbie Stavrou	7	9

	Alison Merrien	6	7
					Stavrou	10	7	2

					Stratford	5	8	1
	Noreen Stratford

	bye

Mixed Pairs

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	David Gourlay & Rosa Gandara	5	5

	Ian Bond & Noreen Stratford	7	8
					Bond & Stratford	7	11

					Marshall & Merrien	7	4
	Alex Marshall & Alison Merrien	12	7

	John Price & Carol Ashby	2	3
									Bond & Stratford	4	2

									Harlow & Morris	9	13
	Jason Greenslade & Caroline Brown	9	7

	Paul Foster & Ellen Falkner	6	5
					Greenslade & Brown	4	5

					Harlow & Morris	11	9
	Andy Thomson & Laila Hassan	3	5

	Greg Harlow & Jo Morris	8	7

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References

↑ "Home". Worldbowls.com. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
↑ "Archive - The Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
↑ "2007 Results". World Bowls Tour.

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[1] "Home". Worldbowls.com. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[2] "Archive - The Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[3] "2007 Results". World Bowls Tour.

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