The 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships took place at the Aberdeen Indoor Bowling Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 20 to 26 April 2025.
The format of the Championships is one player representing each county in the singles and two in the pairs. In the singles, a round robin determines the top player in each section progressing to the quarter final and the second and third placed players progressing to the knockout round. The mixed pairs was slightly different in that a draw determined the knockout round, due to the fact that 12 teams qualified from the six group round robin stage.
Australia's Jack McShane won the singles defeating Dominic McVittie in the final, while Sophie McGrouther became world champion after a tie break victory over Emily Kernick. The English pair of McVittie and Kernick gained consolation by winning the mixed pairs title.
Winners Event Winner Men's singles Jack McShane Women's singles Sophie McGrouther Mixed pairs Dominic McVittie & Emily Kernick
Results Men's singles First round
Section 1 Pos Name Pts1 Andrew Kyle 212 Mark McGreal 153 Ian Merrien 154 Boaz Markus 125 Ozkan Akar 6 6 Mike McNorton 67 Tim Sheridan 68 Olle Backgren 3
Section 2 Pos Name Pts1 Ross Owen 212 Keanu Darby 183 Dominic McVittie 154 Bill Brault 95 Loukas Paraskeva 96 Gabor Foti 67 Robert Simpson 38 Patrick Piguet 3
Section 3 Pos Name Pts1 Jason Evans 212 Haiqal Azami 183 Peter Bonsor 154 Peter Ellul 125 Ian Hodgetts 96 Oliver Thompson 67 Beat Mattn 38 George Ngata Kieni 0
Section 4 Pos Name Pts1 Stewart Anderson 212 Jack McShane 183 Anthony So 154 Christol Steenkamp 95 Johnny Yuk Kay Ng 96 Mohammed Qureshi 67 Takashi Ohira 68 Jan Sinnema 0
Knockout round Player 1 Player 2 ScoreMcVittie McGreal6–9, 8–1, 6–0McShane Bonsor 9–4, 7–4Darby Merrien5–8, 4–9Azami So 1–10, 6–9 Quarter finals Player 1 Player 2 ScoreKyle McShane 4–5, 6–3 1–3Owen So 8–2, 8–4Evans Merrien 7–4, 3–8, 4–1Anderson McVittie 4–9, 3–6 Semi finals Player 1 Player 2 ScoreOwen McVittie 2–6, 3–5Evans McShane 5–5, 5–6 Final Player 1 Player 2 ScoreMcShane McVittie 9–4, 7–2
Women's singles First round
Section 1 Pos Name Pts1 Alison Merrien 182 Claire Anderson 123 Esme Kruger 94 Nor Farah Ain Abdullah 95 Ada Lai 96 Soledad Robertson 67 Pian Yuk Ping Lai 0
Section 2 Pos Name Pts1 Kelsey Cottrell 152 Connie Rixon 153 Rachel Macdonald 124 Rahsan Akar 95 Linda Ng 66 Giulia Gallo 37 Diana Viljoen 3
Section 3 Pos Name Pts1 Tayla Bruce 182 Emily Kernick 153 Caroline Whitehead 124 Zoe Minish 95 Caroline Lehmann 66 Cindy Royet 37 Maureen Caesar 0
Section 4 Pos Name Pts1 Emma Firyana Saroji 152 Sophie McGrouther 153 Lauren Gowen 124 Shae Wilson 125 Lisa Bonsor 66 Sayuri Abiru 37 Auleria Shieunda Fuller 0
Knockout round Player 1 Player 2 ScoreAnderson Macdonald 9–1, 4–9, 6–0McGrouther Whitehead 9–5, 14–0Rixon Kruger 4–9, 7–2, 1–2Kernick Gowen 5–4, 3–5, 2–1 Quarter finals Player 1 Player 2 ScoreMerrien McGrouther6–4, 1–9, 0–4CottrellKernick 4–5, 5–7Bruce Anderson 7–1, 3–6, 4–0Saroji Kruger7–4, 8–1 Semi finals Player 1 Player 2 ScoreSaroji Kernick 1–6, 1–9 BruceMcGrouther 5–4, 4–6, 1–2 Final Player 1 Player 2 Score McGrouther Kernick4–6, 5–4, 6–0
Mixed pairs First round
Section 1 Pos Name Pts1 McVittie & Kernick 122 Kyle & Minish 93 Lai & Ng 64 Hodgetts & Macdonald 35 Abiru & Ohira 0
Section 2 Pos Name Pts1 Markus & Kim Watt 122 Sinnema & Ariana Mowat 93 Piguet & Royet 64 Steenkamp & Viljoen 35 Kieni & Fuller 0
Section 3 Pos Name Pts1 Owen & Gowen 122 Darby & Bruce 93 So & Lai 64 Bonsor & Bonsor 35 McGreal & Whitehead 0
Section 4 Pos Name Pts1 Anderson & Anderson 122 Evans & Kruger 93 Foti & Katie Rendall 64 Simpson & Caesar 35 Matti & Lehmann 0
Section 5 Pos Name Pts1 McShane & Cottrell 122 Merrien & Merrien 123 Sheridan & Wilson 94 Ellul & Rixon 65 Backgren & Abdullah 36 Qureshi & Lauren Roddie 3
Section 6 Pos Name Pts1 Paraskeva & Robertson 122 Azami & Saroji 123 Akar & Akar 94 Thompson & McGrouther 65 McNorton & Ng 36 Brault & Gallo 3
Knockout round Player 1 Player 2 ScoreAnderson & Anderson Sinneman & Mowat11–6, 11–5Kyle & Minish Evans & Kruger7–7, 9–5Merrien & Merrien Darby & Bruce5–6, 14–2, 5–3McShane & Cottrell Azami & Saroji 9–1, 7–5 Quarter finals Player 1 Player 2 Score McVittie & Kernick McShane & Cottrell9–2, 7–5 Merrien & Merrien Markus & Watt8–1, 9–3Owen & Gowen Kyle & Minish 8–3, 4–3Anderson & Anderson Paraskeva & Robertson 8–6, 16–2 Semi finals Player 1 Player 2 Score McVittie & KernickAnderson & Anderson 2–7, 6–5, 3–2 Merrien & Merrien Owen & Gowen 0–7, 3–7 Final Player 1 Player 2 ScoreMcVittie & Kernick Owen & Gowen 6–6, 6–5
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