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2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship
''This page is about the World Bowls Tour Championships.'' The 2023 Imagine Cruising World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Resort, Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 6 to 22 January 2023. There were two preliminary round ties in the open singles, with Jason Banks (bowls), Jason Banks beating Darren Weir and Jon Wilson defeating Scott Edwards (bowls), Scott Edwards. Banks went on to reach the final where he met Jamie Walker (bowls), Jamie Walker. This was first time that the open/men's singles final featured two unseeded players since seeds were introduced in 1988. Previously eight unseeded players had reached finals (5 went on to win) but all eight had played seeded players in the final. In the final Walker gained a five shot lead after just two ends but Banks continually played close to the jack and drew level before Walker won the last end with the last bowl. The second set was also close with Banks leading before Walker manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopton-on-Sea
Hopton-on-Sea is a village, civil parish and seaside resort on the coast of East Anglia in the county of Norfolk. The village is south of Great Yarmouth, north-west of Lowestoft and near the UK's most easterly point, Lowestoft Ness. The village has many amenities for tourists with amusement arcades and food outlets. It is also home to Potters Resort, the first permanent, mixed-use holiday camp in the UK, founded in 1920. This employs approximately 560 permanent staff making it the largest private sector employer in the area. Every January, Hopton-on-Sea hosts the World Indoor Bowls Championships at Potters Resort with players, spectators, the BBC and many others staying in the village for what is regarded as the biggest event in the bowls calendar. History The villages name means 'Farm/settlement in enclosed spot'. Here perhaps it's referring to the promontory jutting into marsh. The earliest human activity in the parish dates to the Palaeolithic era with the discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
