2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship

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 (the Men's Singles) for the first time after beating Robert Paxton in a competitive final.[1] In the Open Pairs Stewart Anderson and Darren Burnett recorded their first title success.[2] Burnett doubled up by winning the Mixed Pairs title with Katherine Rednall.[3] 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.[4]

World Indoor Championships 2016
38th World Indoor Bowls Championships
LocationEngland Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)08-24 January 2016.
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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Wales' Joseph Mower won the inaugural U25 singles event, beating countryman Ross Owen in a tie-break.[5]

Winners

EventWinner
Men's Singles Nick Brett
Women's Singles Ellen Falkner
Open Pairs Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett
Mixed Pairs Darren Burnett & Katherine Rednall
Open Under-25 Singles Joseph Mower

Draw and results

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Men's singles

First roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
1 Alex Marshall97
Gary Kelly551 Marshall772
16 Mark Dawes91016 Dawes771
Jamie Smith221 Marshall109
8 Mervyn King779 Anderson22
Steve Harris678 King281
9 Stewart Anderson1289 Anderson1132
Rob Ashton131 Marshall1241
4 Robert Paxton984 Paxton372
Robert Chisholm344 Paxton6122
13 Mark Royal81013 Royal750
Neil Furman324 Paxton77
5 Andy Thomson591 Chestney37
Connor Cinato862 Cinato33
12 Jason Greenslade831 Chestney108
Jamie Chestney7824 Paxton99
3 Paul Foster9312 Brett912
Matthew Orrey192 Orrey772
14 John Price1041 Skelton1061
Simon Skelton592 Orrey34
6 David Gourlay7106 Gourlay95
Gary R Smith666 Gourlay79
11 Jonathan Ross310211 Ross24
Ryan Clark8306 Gourlay760
2 Nick Brett1282 Brett672
James Rippey342 Brett98
15 Les Gillett104215 Gillett45
Jason Parkinson5712 Brett97
7 Darren Burnett8710 Harlow37
Colin Walker727 Burnett46
10 Greg Harlow9710 Harlow96
Ronnie Duncan47

Women's singles

First roundSemi-finalsFinal
               
  Laura Thomas1312
  Janice Gower23
Thomas591
Falkner652
  Ellen Falkner482
  Julie Forrest961
Falkner108
Field97
  Rebecca Field117
  Alison Merrien97
Field372
Eadie861
  Cliodhna Eadie622
  Katherine Rednall580

Open Pairs

First roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Stewart Anderson

Darren Burnett

78
Louis Ridout

Sam Tolchard

56 Anderson

Burnett

1262
Nick Brett

Greg Harlow

Brett

Harlow

7101
bye Anderson

Burnett

99
Mark Royal

Andy Thomson

Royal

Thomson

45
bye Royal

Thomson

68
Jason Greenslade

John Price

611 Price

Greenslade

54
Mark Harding

Philip Rowland

52 Anderson

Burnett

1010
Ronnie Duncan

Colin Walker

912 Duncan

Walker

76
Mervyn King

David Gourlay

64 Duncan

Walker

1042
Simon Skelton

Robert Paxton

Skelton

Paxton

790
bye Duncan

Walker

392
Paul Foster

Alex Marshall

Foster

Marshall

941
bye Foster

Marshall

810
Chris Eadie

David Corkill

99 Eadie

Corkill

73
Jonathan Ross

Les Gillett

98

Mixed Pairs

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
               
Nick Brett

Alison Merrien

672
Robert Paxton

Marion Purcell

671
Brett
Merrien
36
Marshall
Forrest
97
Alex Marshall

Julie Forrest

87
Andy Thomson

Cliodhna Eadie

77
Marshall
Forrest
59
Burnett
Rednall
1114
Darren Burnett

Katherine Rednall

1110
David Gourlay

Janice Gower

83
Burnett
Rednall
710
Foster
Field
42
Paul Foster

Rebecca Field

78
Mervyn King

Laura Thomas

53

Open Under 25 Singles

Semi-finalsFinal
          
Joseph Mower156
Jake Willgress04
Mower952
Owen4111
Tom Smith64
Ross Owen98

References