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Congratulations to two gold badge winners Steve Harris, of Basingstoke Town BCand Jennie Maunder of Newquay IBC. One of the first hot shots of 2023 was achieved on January 2 by Dolphin IBC’s Paul Fowell, Eric Munden and Des Maguire,…

Bowls England’s performance director John McGuinness is taking a temporary break from the role for personal reasons. John has been in the post since 2019, and led England to an historic medal haul at last summer’s Commonwealth Games, among…

Bowls England and Aviva have announced a strategic multi-year partnership, with the insurance, wealth and retirement company becoming the principal partner to Bowls England, the governing body for lawn bowls in England. The partnership…

The Home Nations have agreed a competition schedule and format for the 2023 outdoor season which includes senior and junior internationals, British Isles Championships and an Under 18s Test Match. The joint men’s and women’s British…

Ireland’s Sandra Bailie is appointed MBE for services to bowls and Lucy Beere, of Guernsey, is awarded an MBE for services to sport in the 2023 New Year’s Honours List. Sandra Bailie holds the record for the highest number of Irish…

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) will increase bowls’ funding by 59% to $5.6 million in the cycle leading up to the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games. It will include a ramped up para program that will assist the Right at Home…

Congratulations to Malcolm Alcock who has won his 14th hot shot. Is this a record? Bowls International would like to hear from any bowlers who can beat Malcolm’s achievements. Malcolm has been playing bowls near to 35 years,…

Potters Resorts once again created its own unique magical conclusion to its 2023 World Indoor Championship of events, bringing the curtain down in its 25th continual year of sponsorship with another riveting Imagine Cruising World Open…

Daniel Pool retained the Imagine Cruising World Under 25 Indoor Singles title, beating Scotland’s Darren Weir – for the second year in succession - this time by an 8-6, 7-12, 2-0 margin, (writes Anne Dunwoodie). Weir led 6-3 in the…

England’s Greg Harlow and Nick Brett took out the Imagine Cruising World Bowls Open Pairs title holding off the new pairing of Mike Stepney from Scotland and Guernsey based Jason Greenslade in a high-end final at Potters winning 10-4, 9-5,…