2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship

2022 World Indoor Bowls Championship
44th World Indoor Bowls Championship
Location	Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Date(s)	7-23 January 2022
Category	World 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

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

Draw and results

Open singles

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

Women's singles

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

Open pairs

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

Mixed pairs

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

Open Under 25

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

References