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2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships
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). The Championships are the inaugural edition because two attempts at holding the event in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the IIBC (formerly the WIBC). The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships. The Championships were streamed live by the English Indoor Bowling Association's platform EIBA TV. The format of the Championships is one player representing each county in the singles and two in the pairs. A round robin will end with the top two in the singles progressing to the knock out rounds but only the group winner in the pairs progressing to the knock out round. Scottish bowlers dominated the first Championships, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bowls Indoor Championships
The World Bowls Indoor Championships is bowls event inaugurated in 2019 by the organisations known as World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). It is contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations. The competition is the rival event to the World Bowls Tour's blue riband event called the World Indoor Bowls Championships. In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the IIBC (formerly the WIBC). The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the World Cup Singles and the IIBC Championships. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships. The event was due to start on 20 April 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was unable to be held until 2022. The Championships feature men's and women's singles and mixed pairs. Past winners References {{Bowls Competitions Bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Merrien
Ian Michael Merrien (born 1973) is a Guernsey international lawn bowler. Bowls career Merrien has represented Guernsey at three Commonwealth Games; in the singles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, in the triples at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and in the pairs at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2007, he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. Personal life He is married to world champion bowler Alison Merrien Alison Jayne Merrien (born 28 November 1974) is an indoor bowls player from Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. Bowls career Indoors Merrien won double gold in the women's singles defeating Karen Murphy and the mixed pairs with Simon Skelton the 201 .... References 1973 births Living people Guernsey male bowls players Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Cathcart
Graham and Graeme may refer to: People * Graham (given name), an English-language given name * Graham (surname), an English-language surname * Graeme (surname), an English-language surname * Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer * Clan Graham, a Scottish clan * Graham baronets Fictional characters * Graham Aker, in the anime ''Gundam 00'' * Project Graham, what a human would look like to survive a car crash Places Canada * Graham, Sudbury District, Ontario * Graham Island, part of the Charlotte Island group in British Columbia * Graham Island (Nunavut), Arctic island in Nunavut United States * Graham, Alabama * Graham, Arizona * Graham, Florida * Graham, Georgia * Graham, Daviess County, Indiana * Graham, Fountain County, Indiana * Graham, Kentucky * Graham, Missouri * Graham, North Carolina * Graham, Oklahoma * Graham, Texas * Graham, Washington Elsewhere * Graham Land, Antarctica * Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea), British name for a submerged vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bolt (bowls)
David Bolt (born 1973) is an English male lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Bolt is an England international and was the National singles champion in 2011 and National fours champion in 2014 during the Men's National Championships. In 2016, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic singles title and the following year finished runner-up in the pairs with Taylor Monk. He was selected as part of the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where he claimed a bronze medal in the Fours with Jamie Chestney, Louis Ridout and Sam Tolchard. In 2019 he won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it wou ... and in 2021 was runner-up to Sam Tolchard in the National single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Backgren
Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/ Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: *Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992 * Per-Olov Brasar (born 1950), retired professional ice hockey forward *Olov Englund (born 1983), Swedish bandy player * Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020), one of Sweden's internationally best known authors *Olle Hagnell (1924–2011), Swedish psychiatrist *Karl Olov Hedberg (1923–2007), botanist, taxonomist, author, professor at Uppsala University * Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director *Per Olov Jansson (1920–2019), Finnish photographer * Olof Johansson (born 1937), Swedish politician * Per-Olov Kindgren (born 1956), Swedish musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher * Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206 *Sven-Olov Lawesson (1926–1988), Swedish chemist known for his popularization of Lawesson's reagent with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Stewart (bowls)
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Jason Evans (bowls)
Jason Evans (born 1971) in Neath, Wales, is a South African lawn bowler. Bowls career He competed in the pairs and fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He finished runner-up in the 2013 fours at the National Championships bowling for the Belgravia Bowls Club. In 2019 he won the triples gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. In 2021 he won the men's pairs title at the South African National Bowls Championships. In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benson Wambugu
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Mohammed Qureshi
Mohammed Ayub Qureshi (born 1958) is an international lawn and indoor bowler from Pakistan. Bowls career In 2018, Qureshi represented Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Lawn bowls tournament held on the Gold Coast in Australia. It was the first time that Pakistan competed in bowls at the Commonwealth Games. In 2022, he qualified to represent Pakistan at the 2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships 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). The Championships are the in .... The event had been cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. References 1958 births Living people {{bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McGreal
Mark McGreal (born 1986) is an international lawn and indoor bowler from the Isle of Man. Bowls career In 2018, McGreal represented the Isle of Man at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Lawn bowls tournament held on the Gold Coast in Australia. In 2022, he won his fourth Isle of Man National indoor singles title, which qualified him to represent the Isle of Man at the 2022 World Bowls Indoor Championships. The event had been cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif .... References 1986 births Living people {{bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Chisholm (bowls)
Robert Anthony Chisholm (born 14 March 1985) is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler and former England international bowler. Career He bowls for Llanelli Indoor Bowling Club and the Parc Y Dre BC, having previously bowled for the Swansea Indoor Bowling Club and the Blue Anchor BC. He reached a world ranking high of 19 in 2009, the same year in which he won the Welsh International Open. Awards He was awarded the 2010 Young Player of the Year by the World Bowls Tour. References Living people Welsh male bowls players 1985 births {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
