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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 1985 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn & indoor bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blantyre (indoors) Quarter Boolin Club (outdoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1 (September 2024) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stewart Anderson (born 23 July 1985) [2] is a Scottish international bowls player and a world champion indoors. [3] [4]
He started bowling aged just 12 with Auchinleck Indoor Juniors and outdoor with Glaisnock Valley. [5]
Having previously been a beaten finalist in the 2010 World Championships (where he lost out to Greg Harlow) [6] Anderson beat Paul Foster in the final match that ended 10-10, 10-9 to secure the 2013 World indoor title. [3]
In 2015 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. [7] During the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship Anderson partnered up with Darren Burnett and the Scottish pair recorded their first Open Pairs title success. [8]
In 2018 he won the Scottish International Open. [9] Later that season, Anderson became a two-time World Open singles champion, winning the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship. He would defeat Simon Skelton in a tie-break in the final, where he would lose only one set in the championships. [10] [11]
Anderson won the 2019 Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title with Steven Shields for Eddlewood BC. [12] In 2020 he won his fourth World indoor title by winning the mixed pairs with Julie Forrest [13] and claimed a fifth when winning the open pairs for the second time with Darren Burnett in 2022. [14]
In 2022, Anderson won the mixed pairs at the inaugural World Bowls Indoor Championships, partnering Alison Merrien MBE, they defeated Michael Stepney and Claire Anderson in the final. [15] He also won the men's singles silver medal, losing to Michael Stepney in the final.
In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [16] In November 2022, he won the Scottish International Open for the second time. [17]
In 2023, he won the mixed pairs final at the 2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship, with Ceri Ann Glen. [18] [19] He also successfully defended his Scottish International title in November. [20] The good form continued as he won two all-Scottish finals at the 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship, winning his third singles title [21] and the pairs (partnering Darren Burnett again). [22]
Anderson reached number 1 in the world rankings in September 2024. [1]
He works for a joiners firm, and he married Scottish International bowler Claire Walker in April 2019. [23] Stewart was previously engaged to fellow bowls international Kerry Packwood with whom he has a daughter, Emma Jayne.
Paul James Foster is a multiple world bowls champion who lives in Troon, Scotland. He plays at Troon Portland (Outdoor) & Ambassador Prestwick (Indoor) bowling clubs.
Alex "Tattie" Marshall is record-breaking Scottish bowls player.
Alison Jayne Merrien is an indoor bowls player from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
The 2013 World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, in January 2013.
Darren William Burnett is a Scottish lawn bowler and indoor bowler.
Jamie Chestney is an English male international lawn and indoor bowler.
Simon Skelton is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Nick Brett is an English lawn and indoor bowler.
Katherine Rednall is an English lawn and indoor bowler from Stowmarket. She is record six times women's world indoor singles champion.
Julie Forrest is a Scottish bowls player.
The 2016 Just Retirement World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 08-24 January 2016.
Nick Brett won the blue riband event for the first time after beating Robert Paxton in a competitive final. In the Open Pairs Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett recorded their first title success. Burnett doubled up by winning the Mixed Pairs title with Katherine Rednall. Ellen Falkner won the Women's Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This was Falkner's third title and was achieved ten years after her last success.
Ronald Duncan is a Scottish international lawn bowler.
The 2018 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, on 12–28 January 2018.
Colin Walker is a Scottish international lawn and Indoor bowler.
The 2019 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 10–27 January 2019. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour.
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.
The 2022 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 7–23 January 2022. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour, and will be televised by the BBC and streamed live on YouTube.
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).
This page is about the World Bowls Tour Championships.
The 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship was the 2024 edition of the World Indoor Bowls Championship, held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 5-21 January 2024. The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour and will be televised by the BBC and YouTube. The event is being sponsored for the second consecutive year by Imagine Cruising.
