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2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship

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2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship
44th World Indoor Bowls Championship
LocationEngland Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)7-23 January 2022
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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The 2022 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 7–23 January 2022.[1] The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour, and will be televised by the BBC and streamed live on YouTube.[2]

The Open Singles was won by the sixth seed Les Gillett who overcame five times champion Paul Foster. Gillett won the first set by virtue of overtaking Foster's lead during the final ends. Foster comfortably won the second set before Gillett won the tie break.[3]

Katherine Rednall won a record breaking fourth women's singles title.[4][5]

In the open pairs Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett defeated defending champions Mark Dawes and Jamie Chestney to win their second title together.[6] Paul Foster and Alison Merrien won the mixed pairs title.[7]

The continued issues with COVID-19 pandemic caused several problems; South African Thinus Olefse and Israel's Noam Yehudai had to pull out of the Open Singles before the tournament began due to travel restrictions, so their places in the draw were taken by England's Scott Edwards and Scotland's John McCrorie respectively. In the Women's World Matchplay, South Africa's Gillian Young was replaced by Wales's Kerry Packwood, while in the Open Pairs, Israeli duo Beverly Polatinsky and Boaz Markus had to withdraw. On the eve of the tournament, USA's Loren Dion and England's William Moulton tested positive for Covid-19, so had to pull out of the Open Pairs and were replaced by Scott Edwards and Wayne Willgress respectively.

Winners

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Event Winner
Open singles England Les Gillett
Women's singles England Katherine Rednall
Open pairs Scotland Stewart Anderson & Scotland Darren Burnett
Mixed pairs Scotland Paul Foster & Guernsey Alison Merrien
Open Under-25 Scotland Daniel Pool

Draw and results

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Open singles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 England Mark Dawes 11 12
Wales Graeme Howard 2 2 1 England Dawes 7 3 1
16 England Simon Skelton 7 8 England Willgress 5 8 2
England Wayne Willgress 8 8 England Willgress 9 11
9 England Mervyn King 2 10 2 9 England King 5 1
England Scott Edwards 11 8 0 9 England King 10 7 2
8 Scotland David Gourlay 2 5 England Briscoe 5 9 1
England Pat Briscoe 10 8 England Willgress 12 7 1
5 Scotland Paul Foster 11 7 2 5 Scotland Foster 3 8 2
Scotland John McCrorie 3 9 0 5 Scotland Foster 7 2 2
12 England Mark Royal 6 6 England Rednall 3 7 0
England Katherine Rednall 6 7 5 Scotland Foster 8 4 2
13 Scotland Michael Stepney 9 10 13 Scotland Stepney 3 8 0
England Ian Honnor 4 5 13 Scotland Stepney 9 10
4 England Robert Paxton 5 3 England Bolt 4 4
England David Bolt 10 10 5 Scotland Foster 7 12 1
3 Scotland Stewart Anderson 13 8 6 England Gillett 8 4 2
Canada Erik Galipeau 4 8 3 Scotland Anderson 7 4 0
14 England Jamie Chestney 10 6 14 England Chestney 6 5 2
England Jamie Walker 7 6 14 England Chestney 10 7 0
11 Scotland Darren Burnett 7 5 6 England Gillett 1 8 2
Hong Kong Ken Chan 10 9 Hong Kong Chan 5 4
6 England Les Gillett 7 9 6 England Gillett 8 8
Scotland Ronnie Duncan 5 4 6 England Gillett 10 8
7 England Greg Harlow 8 10 15 Scotland Marshall 1 4
England Danny Denison 6 5 7 England Harlow 11 4 2
10 Wales Jason Greenslade 8 9 10 Wales Greenslade 4 6 1
England Trevor Taylor 2 9 7 England Harlow 2 3
15 Scotland Alex Marshall 5 10 2 15 Scotland Marshall 10 10
Northern Ireland Mark McPeak 6 4 0 15 Scotland Marshall 8 8
2 England Nick Brett 9 10 2 England Brett 7 4
United States Loren Dion 4 4

Women's singles

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First round Semi-finals Final
               
  Wales Laura Daniels 9 1
  Guernsey Alison Merrien 9 11
Guernsey Merrien 4 8 2
Scotland Banks 9 6 1
  Scotland Carla Banks 10 3 2
  Wales Kerry Packwood 2 12 0
Guernsey Merrien 2 2
England Rednall 13 14
  Northern Ireland Sandra Bailie 9 6 2
  England Sophie Tolchard 5 8 1
Northern Ireland Bailie 6 1
England Rednall 10 9
  England Katherine Rednall 10 3 2
  Scotland Julie Forrest 8 8 1

Open pairs

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
England Mark Dawes
England Jamie Chestney
11 11
England Mark Burdett
England Ben Harris
2 2 England Dawes
England Chestney
9 7
England Simon Skelton
Scotland Michael Stepney
10 7 England Skelton
Scotland Stepney
2 5
England Trevor Taylor
England Stuart Airey
3 6 England Dawes
England Chestney
10 11
England Mervyn King
Scotland David Gourlay
4 10 1 United States Warmington
England Edwards
2 3
United States Dean Warmington
England Scott Edwards
12 6 2 United States Warmington
England Edwards
10 11
England Mark Royal
England Robert Paxton
6 5 England Calver
England Cinato
1 3
England Lee Calver
England Connor Cinato
7 9 England Dawes
England Chestney
6 11 0
Scotland Stewart Anderson
Scotland Darren Burnett
6 10 2 Scotland Anderson
Scotland Burnett
9 7 2
Northern Ireland Mark McPeak
Northern Ireland Stuart Bennett
9 5 0 Scotland Anderson
Scotland Burnett
10 6 2
Scotland Paul Foster
Scotland Alex Marshall
8 11 Scotland Foster
Scotland Marshall
4 7 0
Hong Kong Lyndon Sham
Hong Kong Ken Chan
7 8 Scotland Anderson
Scotland Burnett
9 10
England Les Gillett
Wales Jason Greenslade
3 9 2 England Brett
England Harlow
8 5
England Paul Maynard
Scotland James Rippey
12 6 0 England Gillett
Wales Greenslade
6 4
England Nick Brett
England Greg Harlow
7 12 2 England Brett
England Harlow
8 11
England Ashley Nethercliffe
England Wayne Willgress
8 7 1

Mixed pairs

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First Round Semi-finals Final
               
Scotland Julie Forrest
Scotland Stewart Anderson
5 8 1
Northern Ireland Sandra Bailie
England Mark Dawes
7 3 2
Northern Ireland Bailie
England Dawes
8 10
Wales Packwood
England Harlow
8 4
Wales Laura Daniels
Scotland David Gourlay
3 9 1
Wales Kerry Packwood
England Greg Harlow
8 8 2
Northern Ireland Bailie
England Dawes
10 6 0
Guernsey Merrien
Scotland Foster
8 9 2
Guernsey Alison Merrien
Scotland Paul Foster
8 9
Scotland Carla Banks
England Les Gillett
4 4
Guernsey Merrien
Scotland Foster
9 6 2
England Rednall
England Paxton
6 7 0
England Sophie Tolchard
England Nick Brett
2 1
England Katherine Rednall
England Robert Paxton
12 9

Open Under 25

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Semi-finals Final
          
Scotland Daniel Pool 6 5 2
England William Moulton 5 10 1
Scotland Pool 8 12
Scotland Weir 8 8
Hong Kong Lyndon Sham 3 2
Scotland Darren Weir 10 10

References

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  1. ^ "2022 World Professional Indoor Bowls Championships". Professional Bowls Association. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ "The Potters Resorts 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championships". Potters Holidays. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Les Gillett secures first singles title to deny Paul Foster a historic sixth". BBC Sport. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Stowmarket's Katherine Rednall puts in dominant display against Alison Merrien to win World Indoor Bowls Championship Ladies' Singles title for record fourth time". Suffolk News. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ "World Indoor Bowls Championship 2021: Katherine Rednall delighted by fourth singles title". BBC Sport. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Arbroath bowls ace Darren Burnett claims fifth world title after Potters Resort pairs success". The Courier. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ "World mixed pairs title for Ali". Guernsey Press. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.