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The 2024 World Indoor Bowls Championship was the 2024 edition of the World Indoor Bowls Championship, held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 5-21 January 2024. [1] The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour and will be televised by the BBC and YouTube. [2]
The 2024 World Bowls Indoor Championships took place at the Guernsey Indoor Bowling Association in the Channel Islands from 21 to 27 April 2024. [1] The event was organised by World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC).
The competition was first held in 1979 in Coatbridge, Scotland as a men's singles only event. The first event was sponsored by Embassy Cigarettes. In 1986, the men's pairs competition was added to the championship. [3] In 1988, a rule change allowed women to compete for the first time and the women's singles competition was created.
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 ...
International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC for short) is an international sport federation of Bowls. [1] In 2019, the IIBC came to an agreement with the World Bowls 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. [2] [3]
The event is organised by the World Bowls Tour and is televised by the BBC and World Bowls Tour via its YouTube and Facebook channels. Stewart Anderson and Katherine Rednall defend the men's and women's singles titles, respectively. [3] [4] In May 2024, World Bowls Tour announced on its Facebook page that the Open Under 25 event would not take ...
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships; Upcoming season or competition: 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships: Sport: Beach volleyball: Founded: 1997; 28 years ago () No. of teams: 48: Continent: International : Most recent champion(s) Czech Republic (men) United States (women) Most titles Brazil (men; 7 titles) Brazil (women; 6 titles)
From 2000 until 2019 there were disciplines at senior level. In 2019, the IIBC came to an agreement with the World Bowls organisation. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the IIBC Championships and the World Cup Singles. The new event would be called the World Bowls Indoor Championships. [2] [3]