2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships

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2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships
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Location Flag of England.svg County of Bristol IBC, Bristol
Date(s)25–29 April 2022
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The 2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships took place at County of Bristol IBC, Bristol, England, from 25 to 29 April 2022. The event was organised by World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). [1] [2]

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The Championships are the inaugural edition because two attempts at holding the event in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the IIBC (formerly the WIBC). The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships. [3] [4] The Championships were streamed live by the English Indoor Bowling Association's platform EIBA TV.

The format of the Championships is one player representing each county in the singles and two in the pairs. A round robin will end with the top two in the singles progressing to the knock out rounds but only the group winner in the pairs progressing to the knock out round. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Scottish bowlers dominated the first Championships, with Michael Stepney defeating fellow Scot Stewart Anderson in the men's singles final [9] and Julie Forrest claiming the women's singles final after beating Gloria Ha. [10]

Stewart Anderson and Alison Merrien MBE won the mixed pairs defeating Michael Stepney and Claire Anderson in the final. [11] [12]

Winners

EventWinner
Men's singles Flag of Scotland.svg Michael Stepney
Women's singles Flag of Scotland.svg Julie Forrest
Mixed pairs Flag of Scotland.svg Stewart Anderson &
Flag of Guernsey.svg Alison Merrien MBE

Results

Men's singles

First round

Second round

Player 1Player 2Score
AndersonKadkunthod7–13 10–5 1–0
ChisholmMotiwalla12–6 10–7
BoltJabal8–7 7–3
WaltersDuncan8–8 9–6
MerrienLam6–6 10–2
EvansMcGreal11–10 5–9 1–0
KellyStepney3–14 4–8
BarthuHare11–3 10–5

Quarter finals

Player 1Player 2Score
AndersonChisholm12–6 12–4
BoltWalters10–7 4–7 0–1
MerrienEvans9–9 5–7
StepneyBarthu9–3 10–10

Semi finals

Player 1Player 2Score
AndersonWalters7–11 5–4 1–0
EvansStepney3–9 1–11

Final

Player 1Player 2Score
AndersonStepney5–10 12–5 0–0

Women's singles

First round

Second round

Player 1Player 2Score
BailieKilvin13–4 4–8 1–0
PackwoodSchaft12–1 10–3
HaReaney9–4 6–9 1–0
JamalMerrien MBE2–11 5–7
WilliamsVan Den Bergh12–5 7–7
HillCooper5–8 14–6 0–1
AndersonPiketh8–7 5–8 1–0
NunesForrest0–13 3–9

Quarter finals

Player 1Player 2Score
BailiePackwood7–6 7–7
Merrien MBEHa10–0 7–8 0–1
CooperWilliams9–3 1–12 0–1
ForrestAnderson9–4 5–8 1–0

Semi finals

Player 1Player 2Score
BailieHa3–10 5–10
WilliamsForrest4–9 7–8

Final

Player 1Player 2Score
ForrestHa9–4 10–2

Mixed pairs

First round

Quarter finals

Player 1Player 2Score
Kelly & ReaneyMerrien & Ogier11–4 12–7
Anderson & Merrien MBEWalters & Hill8–6 5–14 1–0
Chisholm & PackwoodStepney & Anderson6–11 7–15
Duncan & BailieEvans & Piketh10–7 6–7 0–1

Semi finals

Player 1Player 2Score
Stepney & AndersonEvans & Piketh5–8 8–6 1–0
Anderson & Merrien MBEKelly & Reaney10–1 14–3

Final

Player 1Player 2Score
Anderson & Merrien MBEStepney & Anderson7–9 8–6 1–0

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References

  1. ↑ "Latest News". IIBC. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "News". EIBA. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Preview a new World Championship" (PDF). Bristol Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "World Bowls Indoor Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Two into one won't go". Inside Bowls. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Paritcipants and playing schedule". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Merrien And Anderson Continue Fine Mixed Pairs Form". Bowls International. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Group Stages Concluded At World Bowls Indoor Championships". Bowls International. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "WATCH: Moray bowler Michael Stepney crowned as world singles champion at the World Bowls Indoor Championships in Bristol after a thrilling last-bowl victory over fellow Scotland international Stewart Anderson". The Northern Scot. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Gloria Ha Wins Silver Medal at World Bowls Indoor Championships". BC Magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Anderson And Merrien Claim World Bowls Indoor Mixed Pairs Title". Bowls International. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Merrien joins forces with Anderson to great effect to claim world mixed pairs title". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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