2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship

This article is about the World Indoor Bowls Championships. For the rival event organised by World Bowls and the IIBC, see 2024 World Bowls Indoor 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.^[1] The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour and will be televised by the BBC and YouTube.^[2] The event is being sponsored for the second consecutive year by Imagine Cruising.^[3]

2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship
46th World Indoor Bowls Championship
Location	Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)	5–21 January 2024
Category	World Indoor Championships
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Jamie Walker and Katherine Rednall were the men's and women's defending champions respectively.^[4][5]

In an all-Scottish final, two-time champion and number 4 seed Stewart Anderson beat the six-time champion Alex Marshall MBE. Marshall received a wild card to compete and was unseeded because his form had dropped over the last few years but produced outstanding performances to reach the final, including a faultless semi-final win over friend and rival Paul Foster MBE. Anderson defeated another wild card and debutant Harry Goodwin in the other semi-final before sealing the win over Marshall in the final.^[6]

Katherine Rednall started her year in fine form, winning her sixth singles title at the championships, defeating Julie Forrest in a close final. Forrest was always in control in the first set before Rednall dominated the second to force a tie break. Rednall's win was largely due to her choosing short lengths (23 metres) throughout the second set and tie break ends.^[7]

In another all-Scottish final Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett won the open pairs for the third time defeating Paul Foster and Jason Banks.^[8] Nick Brett and Julie Forrest, bowling together for the first time in this event, won the mixed pairs for their third and second mixed titles respectively.^[9]

Darren Weir completed a Scottish dominated championships with a comprehensive victory over Rebecca Moorbey in the Under-25 event.^[10]

Winners

Event	Winner
Open Singles	Stewart Anderson
Ladies Singles	Katherine Rednall
Open Pairs	Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett
Mixed Pairs	Nick Brett & Julie Forrest
World Under-25s	Darren Weir

Draw and results

Open singles

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Jamie Walker	7	9
		Iain McLean	4	2				1	Walker	7	7
	16	Jason Banks	10	8				16	Banks	6	5
		Blake Nairn	7	4											1	Walker	9	6	1
	9	Wayne Willgress	7	6	1											Goodwin	3	10	2
		Harry Goodwin	4	10	2				Goodwin	8	4	2
	8	David Gourlay	9	7				8	Gourlay	7	7	0
		Daniel Salmon	3	6																			Goodwin	8	4
	5	Robert Paxton	11	9																		4	Anderson	9	8
		Philip Last	2	7				5	Paxton	10	8	2
	12	Darren Burnett	3	13	0				Weir	3	11	0
		Darren Weir	10	8	2										5	Paxton	5	1
	13	Jamie Chestney	5	10	0										4	Anderson	8	9
		Jon Wilson	8	4	2				Wilson	4	2
	4	Stewart Anderson	7	8				4	Anderson	10	12
		Wayne Roberts	5	3																									4	Anderson	12	13
	3	Les Gillett	10	7																										Marshall	7	10
		David Bolt	5	7				3	Gillett	8	9
	14	Mervyn King	12	7				14	King	7	8
		Dylan Jacobs	4	6											3	Gillett	8	3	1
	11	Greg Harlow	8	3												Marshall	4	8	2
		Alex Marshall	9	9					Marshall	8	8	2
	6	Mark Dawes	11	5	1				Kreft	3	10	0
		Martin Kreft	4	6	2																		Marshall	6	10	2
	7	Nick Brett	13	9																		2	Foster	7	5	0
		Alastair Coleman	2	6				7	Brett	6	9
	10	Jason Greenslade	5	10	1				Mellors	5	7
		Billy Mellors	7	4	2										7	Brett	3	2
	15	Michael Stepney	14	13											2	Foster	11	6
		Desmond Lai	1	4				15	Stepney	7	4
	2	Paul Foster	6	8				2	Foster	10	8
		Aron Sherriff	4	3

Ladies Singles

	First round							Semi-finals							Final
		Katherine Rednall	11	6
		Annalisa Dunham	5	6
									Rednall	7	4	2
									Rogers	5	8	0
		Ailsa Robertson	2	0
		Nicole Rogers	10	11
																Rednall	5	12	2
																Forrest	9	5	1
		Giulia Gallo	4	7
		Ceri Ann Glen	9	9
									Glen	5	8
									Forrest	9	9
		Lauren Gowen	10	7	1
		Julie Forrest	7	9	2

Open Pairs

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
									Greg Harlow Nick Brett	10	10
									Paul Nicholls Tim Stone	5	5
																Harlow Brett	7	4
																Dawes Chestney	8	10
									Mark Dawes Jamie Chestney	9	9
		Peter Harvey Kevin Douglas	5	7					Nicholls Owen	2	3
		Sara Nicholls Ross Owen	5	8																			Anderson Burnett	8	9
																							Dawes Chestney	6	8
									Mervyn King David Gourlay	9	4	1
		Mark McPeak Stuart Bennett	12	8					McPeak Bennett	8	7	2
		Rick Lyons Jake Masterson	1	2												McPeak Bennett	4	11	1
																Anderson Burnett	11	5	2
									Stewart Anderson Darren Burnett	12	10
		Alan Yuen Timmy Lui	7	4					Catchpole Johnson	0	4
		Ian Catchpole Aaron Johnson	9	7																										Anderson Burnett	8	11
																														Banks Foster	5	5
									Les Gillett Wayne Willgress	6	7
		Paul Wallace Kenny Johnstone	11	4	2				Wallace Johnstone	10	7
		Jesse May Rachel Marcuson	4	10	1											Wallace Johnstone	6	5
																Paxton Walker	9	7
									Robert Paxton Jamie Walker	8	8
		Tom Warner Perry Martin	5	9	2				Warner Martin	3	4
		Martin Kreft Richard Corry	7	5	0																		Paxton Walker	9	5	1
																							Banks Foster	6	10	2
									Michael Stepney Jason Greenslade	8	9
		Ronnie Duncan Colin Walker	4	11	2				Duncan Walker	7	5
		David Hadar Zvika Hadar	7	6	0											Stepney Greenslade	6	6
																Banks Foster	8	7
									Jason Banks Paul Foster	9	16
									Chris Carruthers Justin Wright	8	4

Mixed Pairs

	First Round							Semi-finals							Final
		Stewart Anderson Ceri Ann Glen	9	7
		David Gourlay Annalisa Dunham	5	5
									Anderson Glen	4	9	2
									Dawes Gallo	8	4	1
		Paul Foster Lauren Gowen	5	5
		Mark Dawes Giulia Gallo	7	6
																Anderson Glen	2	9	0
																Brett Forrest	12	8	2
		Wayne Willgress Nicole Rogers	9	12
		Les Gillett Katherine Rednall	4	2
									Willgress Rogers	5	5
									Brett Forrest	7	7
		Nick Brett Julie Forrest	8	6
		Robert Paxton Ailsa Robertson	7	6

Open Under 25

	Semi-finals							Final
	Daniel Pool		6	11	0
	Rebecca Moorbey		8	2	2
								Moorbey		3	4
								Weir		13	16
	Darren Weir		12	9
	Jack East		5	5