World Bowls

World Bowls
Formation2001
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersMelbourne, Australia
Membership
59 members
Official language
English
Darryl Clout
Websitehttps://www.worldbowls.com/

World Bowls is an international sport federation of Bowls.[1][2] World Bowls administers bowls around the world and is responsible for the sports premier event, the World Bowls Championship which is held every four years.[3]

The organisation was founded in 2001 in an attempt to unite some of the multiple bowls bodies running the sport.[4] The founding was a merger of previous organisations; the World Bowls Board and the International Women's Bowling Board.[5]

In 2019, World Bowls came to an agreement with the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). The agreement was 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.[6][7]

In 2021, Australian Darryl Clout was elected World Bowls President following the resignation of John Bell.[8] In 2022, the headquarters for World Bowls moved from Edinburgh in Scotland to Melbourne in Australia.[9] The plans to hold a World championship every two years were scrapped and a new event called the World Cup was introduced instead.[10]

  1. ^ "Welcome to World Bowls – supporting the game across the world". World Bowls. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "About World Bowls". World Bowls. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Gold Coast rubber-stamped as 2023 World Bowls Championships host". Inside the Games. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  4. ^ "'World game plans for united future'". The Times. 1 January 2001. p. 29. Retrieved 13 April 2022 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "'Administrators lean towards unification". The Times. 13 April 2001. p. 35. Retrieved 13 April 2022 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Preview a new World Championship" (PDF). Bristol Indoor Bowls. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  7. ^ "World Bowls Indoor Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  8. ^ "AUSTRALIA'S DARRYL CLOUT ELECTED WORLD BOWLS PRESIDENT". Bowls Australia. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  9. ^ "World Bowls to move HQ to Melbourne as search for new chief executive begins". Inside the Games. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Board Bulletin - June and September 2024" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 15 November 2024.