World Cup Singles

World Cup Singles

The World Cup Singles is an event inaugurated in 2005 that is contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations. The competition is seen as the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the World Indoor Bowls Championships held annually in the United Kingdom.[1]

The event was first held from 3-10 April 2005, at the Hong Kong Football Club indoor bowling green and Ap Lei Chau Sports Centre in Hong Kong[2] but now takes place every year at the Warilla Bowls Club in New South Wales, Australia.

Although players from each hemisphere are able to compete in both competitions travelling restricts the relevant entries and qualification formats. This results in the majority of the leading indoor players from the Northern hemisphere not taking part in the event.[3]

Past Winners

Men's singles
Year Winner Runner-Up
2005 Mark Casey[2] Terence Lee
2006 Neil Speirs[4] Safuan Said
2007 Kelvin Kerkow[5] Jeremy Henry
2008 Safuan Said Ali Forsyth
2009 Leif Selby Safuan Said
2010 Leif Selby Anthony Kiepe
2011 James Talbot[6] Graeme Archer
2012 Jeremy Henry James Talbot
2013 Jeremy Henry[7] Tony Grantham
2014 Jeremy Henry[8] Tony Wood
2015 Iain McLean[9] David Holt
2016 Jeremy Henry[10] Andrew Kyle
2017 Jeremy Henry[11] Muhammad Soufi Rusli
2018 Jeremy Henry[1] David Ferguson
2019 Gary Kelly[12] Brendan Aquilina
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Women's singles
Year Winner Runner-Up
2005 Grace Chu[2] Litia Tikoisuva
2006 Shirley Choy[4] Doreen Hankin
2007 Judy Nardella[5] Lorna Trigwell
2008 Alison Merrien[13] Val Smith
2009 Jo Edwards[14] Karen Murphy
2010 Jo Edwards Karen Murphy
2011 Jo Edwards[6] Alison Merrien
2012 Alison Merrien Jo Edwards
2013 Jo Edwards[7] Alison Merrien
2014 Caroline Brown[8] Alison Merrien
2015 Siti Zalina Ahmad[9] Julie Forrest
2016 Carmen Anderson[10] Siti Zalina Ahmad
2017 Jo Edwards[11] Lucy Beere
2018 Lucy Beere[1] Rebecca Van Asch
2019 Jo Edwards[12] Lucy Beere
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

See also

World Bowls Events

References
  1. "Bowls World Cup to begin in Warilla". Inside the Games.
  2. "International Events". Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
  3. "Past results" (PDF). World Bowls.com.
  4. "Past results". The Telegraph.
  5. "Nardella, Kerkow win world bowls titles". Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. "Results". Irish Examiner.
  7. "Henry Crowned Again". Bowls Australia.
  8. "Scot conquers world en route to the Commonwealth Games". The Herald.
  9. "2015 World Cup Singles Warilla Bowls Club, NSW, Australia, Day 9, Results". World Bowls.
  10. "World Cup glory for Jeremy and Carmen". World Bowls.
  11. "Edwards, Henry win fifth World Cup Bowls crown at Warilla". Bowls New Zealand.
  12. "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9". Bowls International.
  13. "Merrien conquers Indoor World Cup". BBC Sport.
  14. "Jo Edwards (possibly) bows out in style". Radio NZ.
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