IIBC Championships

This page is about the IIBC Championships. For the World Bowls Tour, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.

IIBC Championships

Tournament information
Sport	Indoor bowls
Established	1998
Administrator	IIBC
Participants	under–25 age group
Website	IIBC
← 2022

The IIBC Championships are an annual indoor bowls world championship event for the under–25 age group, run by the governing body of the sport, the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). ^[1]

History

The under–25 age group events were established in 1998 and continue today. From 2000 until 2019 there were disciplines at senior level. In 2019, the IIBC came to an agreement with the World Bowls organisation. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the IIBC Championships and the World Cup Singles. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2004, the mixed pairs event was added to the under 25 championships for the first time. ^[4] In 2005, Guernsey hosted the under 25 championships for the first time. ^[5] In 2012, Amy Stanton became the first female to win the women's title three years running. ^[6] In 2014, Chloe Watson became the first Irish and youngest ever winner of the women's title at the age of 17. ^[7]

Past winners

U25 events

Year	Men's Singles [8]		Women's Singles [8]		Mixed Doubles [8]		Ref
	Winner	Finalist	Winner	Finalist	Winner	Finalist
1998	Darren Burnett	Mark Royal	Did not take place		Did not take place
1999	Darren Burnett	Brett Duprez	Karen Murphy	Claire Kelly
2000	Darren Burnett	Barry Browne	Stacey Collier	Cheryl Northall
2001	Darren Burnett	Andrew Kyle	Caroline Brown	Yvonne Lovelock
2002	Mark Casey	Boaz Marcus	Lindsey Greechan	Caroline Brown
2003	Simon Jones	Stuart Cruickshank	Claire Spreadbury	Lynsey Armitage
2004	Jamie Hill	Wayne Hogg	Amy Monkhouse	Lindsey Greechan	Wayne Hogg Catherine Beattie	Ryan Bester Lindsey Greechan
2005	Wayne Hogg	Mark Dawes	Gemma Broadhurst	Michelle Cooper	Wayne Hogg Catherine McMillen	Mark Dawes Lindsey Greechan
2006	Jamie Chestney	Safuan Said	Kerry Packwood	Lyndsey Greechan	Lucy Beere David Axon	Nor Iryani Azmi Craig Dorey
2007	Barry Kane	M Hizlee A Rais	Nur Fidrah Noh	Hannah Smith	Zuraini Khalid Sam Tolchard	Shafeeqah Yahya Barry Kane
2008	Stewart Anderson	Ronnie Duncan	Jamie-Lea Winch	Kerry Packwood	Lisa Barrett Craig Dorey	Amy Stanton Patrick Burns	[9]
2009	Stewart Anderson	Brian Irvine	Kerry Packwood	Michelle Cooper	Clionda Boyce Dan De la Mere	Kerry Packwood Jamie McDonald	[10]
2010	Steven Allan	Stewart Anderson	Amy Stanton	Hanna Clarke	Michelle Cooper Owain Dando	Hanna Clarke Steven Allan	[11]
2011	Shaun Jones	Darren Atkinson	Amy Stanton	Rebecca Field	Sophie Rabey Calum Logan	Amy Stanton Ross Owen	[12] [13]
2012	Perry Martin	Calum Logan	Amy Stanton	Michelle Keenan	Lauren Batiste Perry Martin	Sophie Rabey Calum Logan	[14]
2013	Martin Williamson	Perry Martin	Carrie McLean	Amy Stanton	Sophie Rabey Calum Logan	Chloe Watson Scott Whiting
2014	Jamie Watkins	Liam Bouse	Chloe Watson	Amy Williams	Victoria Bilson Liam Bouse	Chloe Watson Martin Jenkins	[15] [7]
2015	Ryan Atkins	John Fleming	Amy Williams	Claire Walker	Ryan Atkins Carrie McLean	John Fleming Ysie White	[16]
2016/17	Scott Baxter	Jarrad Breen	Katherine Rednall	Carla Banks	Rebecca Houston Erik Galipeau Dominic McVittie	Katie Thomas Scott Baxter Connor Milne
2017/18	Edward Elmore	Ross Owen	Amy Williams	Chloe Watson	Emma Boyd Daniel Salmon Mark O'Hagan	Owen Kirby Edward Elmore Emma McIntyre
2018/19	Robert Kirkwood	Stephen Lowrie	Nicole Rogers	Chelsea Tomlin	Yau Tze Fung Leung Seen Wah	Dan Salmon Lowri Powell
2019/20	Jason Banks	Connor Cinato	Paris Baker	Jessica Srisamruaybai	Adam McKeown Zoe Minish	Jordan Driscoll Paris Baker	[17]
2021	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [18]
2022	Harry Goodwin	Nick Cahill	Brianna Smith	Yu See Sin	Harry Goodwin Ruby Hill	Nick Cahill Brianna Smith	[19] [20]
2023	Nathan Black	Idham Amin Ramlan	Shauna O'Neill	Aimee Harris	Ryan McElroy Shauna O'Neill	Harry Goodwin Emily Kernick	[21] [22]

Discontinued senior events

In 2010, Wales' Kerry Packwood recorded the first ever whitewash and the highest score in the championships history, in a first round win against Mary Alderson from the Isle of Man, winning the match in straight sets 17–0, 19–0. ^[23] In 2013, Jersey staged the senior championships for the first time. It has previously staged the under 25 event. ^[24] In 2014, Julie Forrest of Scotland became the first person to win the men's or women's title for a record fourth time. ^[25] In 2015, Chloe Greechan of Jersey became the youngest ever bowls world champion at 14-years-old, winning the mixed pairs title with her father, Thomas Greechan. ^{[26] [27]}

Year	Men's Singles [8]		Women's Singles [8]		Mixed Doubles [8]		Ref
	Winner	Finalist	Winner	Finalist	Winner	Finalist
2000	Graeme Archer	Darren Burnett	Marlene Castle	Margaret Johnston
2001	Darren Burnett	Michael Nutt	Betty Brown	Marion Pedell	Alison Merrien Adrian Welch
2002	David Miller	Jeff Webley	Carol Ashby	Betty Morgan	Julie Forrest Mark Johnston
2003	Stevie Moran	Neal Mollet	Carol Ashby	Wendy Jensen	Julie Forrest Mark Johnston
2004	Mark O'Riordan	Steve Glasson	Julie Forrest	Carol Ashby	Alison Merrien Neal Mollet
2005	Jeff Wells	Darren Burnett	Margaret Letham	Julie Forrest	Michelle Roberts Mark Walton
2006	Nicky Donaldson	Andrew Barker	Margaret Letham	Carol Ashby	Sue Estoby Mark Walton
2007	Mervyn King	Gary Pitschou	Claire Johnston	Carol Ashby	Claire Johnston Iain McLean
2008	Colin Walker	Garry Kelly	Sarah Seymour	Claire Johnston	Suzanne King Mervyn King
2009	Neil Speirs	Stewart Anderson	Alison Merrien	Kerry Packwood	Margaret Letham Neil Speirs
2010	Graham Smith	Michael Stepney	Julie Forrest	Muriel Wilkinson	Margaret Letham Stewart Anderson
2011	Graham Smith	Stewart Anderson	Betty Morgan MBE	Julie Forrest	Carl Wood Betty Morgan
2012	Steve Allan	Gary Pitchou	Laura Thomas	Alison Comacho	Kerry Packwood Damian Doubler	Marion Purcell Steve Allan	[28] [29]
2013	Steve Allan	Simon Martin	Julie Forrest	Laura Thomas	Julie Forrest Jonathan Ross
2014	Damian Doubler	Mark Dawes	Julie Forrest	Lindsey Greechan	Lynn Stein Iain McLean
2015	Scott Baxter	Michael Stepney	Alison Merrien MBE	Leanne Fuyre	Chloe Greechan Thomas Greechan
2016	Andrew Kyle	Martin Williamson	Katherine Rednall	Chloe Watson	Chloe Greechan Malcolm De Sousa	Chloe Watson Andrew Kyle	[30]
2017	Jarrad Breen	Damian Doubler	Chloe Watson	Claire Johnston	Annalisa Dunham Martin Spencer	Amy Stanton Damian Doubler	[31]
2018	Stewart Anderson	Andy Squire	Alison Merrien MBE	Kerry Packwood	Stewart Anderson Emma McIntyre	Alison Merrien MBE Ian Merrien
2019	Stewart Anderson	Devon Cooper	Alison Merrien MBE	Jack Breen	Martin Puckett Devon Cooper	Mike Brain Kerry Packwood	[32]

• DISCONTINUED

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