2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships

This article is about the World Bowls/IIBC Indoor Championships. For the event organised by the World Bowls Tour, see 2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship.

The 2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships took place at the Warilla Bowls & Recreation Club in Barrack Heights, New South Wales, Australia from 7 to 12 May 2023. The event was organised by World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC).^[1][2]

2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships
2nd
Location	Warilla Bowls & Recreation Club Barrack Heights, New South Wales
Date(s)	7–12 May 2023
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The format of the Championships is one player representing each county in the singles and two in the pairs. A round robin will end with the top two in the singles progressing to the knock out rounds but only the group winner in the pairs progressing to the knock out round.^[3]

Winners

Event	Winner
Men's singles	Aron Sherriff
Women's singles	Julie Forrest
Mixed pairs	Aron Sherriff & Kelsey Cottrell

Results

Men's singles

First round

Section 1 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Aron Sherriff 4 4 0 8 2 Royden Aperau 4 2 2 4 (+6) 3 Carel Olivier 4 2 2 4 (-8) 4 Christopher Dagpin 4 2 2 4 (-10) 5 Scottie Marzonie 4 0 4 0

Section 2 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Michael Stepney 5 5 0 10 2 Wayne Rittmuller 5 4 1 8 3 Zainal Mohammed 5 2 3 4 4 Eric Lam 5 2 3 4 5 Pontus Palmkvist 5 1 4 2 6 Ozkan Akar 5 1 4 2

Section 3 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Izzat Dzulkeple 5 5 0 10 2 John Nicoll 5 4 1 8 3 Markus Merz 5 3 2 6 4 Chris Smith 5 1 4 2 5 Pako Sephetsolo 5 1 4 2 6 Johnny Ng 1 4 0 2

Section 4 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Andrew Kelly 5 5 0 10 2 Martin Puckett 5 3 2 6 3 Wattana Kadkhunthod 5 3 2 6 4 Jerome Kirby 5 2 3 0 5 Zoltan Pavelka 5 1 4 2 6 Susil Ramanayake 5 0 5 0

Section 5 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Connor Milne 5 5 0 10 2 Malcolm De Sousa 5 4 1 8 3 Troy Lorimer 5 2 3 4 4 Anthony Loh 5 2 3 4 5 Benson Wambugu 5 2 3 4 6 Martin Edwards 5 0 5 0

Section 6 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Daniel Salmon 5 4 1 8 2 Ian Merrien 5 4 1 8 3 Frank De Vries 5 3 2 6 4 Cecil Alexander 5 2 3 4 5 Phil Jones 5 2 3 4 6 Masahiro Kawamoto 5 0 5 0

Second round

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Sheriff	De Sousa	7–5, 6–4
Salmon	Aperau	10–1, 6–6
Milne	Kadkhunthod	5–4, 5–5
Puckett	Nicoll	10–1, 8–3
Kelly	Olivier	7–6, 6–4
Dzulkeple	De Fries	10–0, 6–2
Stepney	Merz	7–6, 9–4
Merrien	Rittmuller	8–1, 6–6

Quarter finals

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Puckett	Milne	4–4, 5–5, 1–0
Sherriff	Salmon	4–7, 8–2, 1–0
Kelly	Dzulkeple	9–3, 3–8, 1–0
Stepney	Merrien	7–3, 7–4

Semi finals

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Sherriff	Puckett	8–5, 4–5, 1–0
Kelly	Stepney	1–8, 8–4, 3–0

Final

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Sherriff	Kelly	10–8, 5–8, 1–0

Women's singles

First round

Section 1 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Alyani Jamil 4 4 0 8 2 Alison Merrien MBE 4 2 2 6 3 Dee McSparran 4 2 2 4 4 Teokotai Rahui 4 1 3 2 5 Li Li Leng 4 0 4 0

Section 2 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Katelyn Inch 4 4 0 8 2 Lesley Mills 4 3 1 6 3 Linda Ng 4 2 2 4 4 Amalia Levy 4 1 3 2 5 Ester Ndungu 4 0 4 0

Section 3 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Kirtsy Hembrow 4 4 0 8 2 Palita Gangur 4 2 2 4 3 Marisa Baronda 4 2 2 4 4 Ineke Spangenberg 4 1 3 2 5 Petronella Nreedt 4 1 3 2

Section 4 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Julie Forrest 4 4 0 8 2 Connie-Leigh Rixon 4 3 1 6 3 Yoko Goda 4 2 2 4 4 Megan Kivlin 4 1 3 2 5 Lebogang Makhupe 4 0 4 0

Section 5 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Colleen Piketh 4 3 1 6 2 Kelsey Cottrell 4 2 2 4 (+22) 3 Milika Nathan 4 2 2 4 (-8) 4 Pian Lai 4 2 2 4 (-28) 5 Shae Wilson 4 1 3 2

Section 6 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Dorothy Yu 5 4 1 8 2 Amy Williams 5 4 1 8 3 Lorraine Craig 5 4 1 8 4 Marianne Kuenzie 5 2 3 4 5 Kumari Mangos 5 1 3 2 6 Pinar Kapusuz 5 0 5 0

Second round

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Forrest	Gangur	5–12, 8–3, 1–0
Hembrow	Goda	9–1, 7–5
Alyani	Craig	7–1, 5–3
Merrien	Mills	6–7, 6–4, 1–0
Inch	McSparran	10–0, 9–3
Yu	Nathan	8–4, 7–2
Piketh	Rixon	3–6, 7–2, 1–0
Williams	Cottrell	4–4, 6–5

Quarter finals

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Forrest	Hembrow	11–1, 10–5
Alyani	Merrien	5–7, 6–5, 1–0
Inch	Yu	7–6, 8–3
Williams	Piketh	5–7, 5–4, 2–0

Semi finals

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Forrest	Alyani	6–3, 5–3
Inch	Williams	9–7, 4–7, 2–0

Final

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Forrest	Inch	6–5, 2–8, 1–0

Mixed pairs

First round

Section 1 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 De Sousa & Kivlin 3 3 0 6 2 Dzulkeple & Alyani 3 2 1 4 3 Mohammed & Lauren Banks 3 1 2 2 4 Sepetsolo & Makhupe 3 0 3 0

Section 2 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Lorimer & Rixon 3 3 1 6 2 Lam & Yu 3 1 2 2 3 Rittmuller & Piketh 3 1 2 2 4 Mertz & Kuenzle 3 1 2 2

Section 3 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Stepney & Forrest 3 3 0 6 2 Smith & Nathan 3 2 1 4 3 Dagpin & Baronda 3 1 2 2 4 Jones & Wilson 3 0 3 0

Section 4 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Olivier & Breedt 3 3 0 6 2 Nicholl & Mills 3 1 2 2 3 Kirby & Ng 3 1 2 2 4 Pavelka & Serena Bonnell 3 1 2 2

Section 5 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Merrien & Merrien 3 2 1 4 (+13) 2 Kelly & Inch 3 2 1 4 (+2) 3 Ng & Lai 3 1 2 2 4 Aperau & Rahui 3 1 2 2

Section 6 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Salmon & Williams 4 4 0 8 2 Kawamoto & Goda 4 3 1 6 3 Edwards & Grace Moloney 4 2 2 4 4 Ramanayake & Magos 4 1 3 2 5 Wambugu & Ndungu 4 0 4 0

Section 7 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Sherriff & Cottrell 4 4 0 8 2 Milne & Craig 4 2 2 4 3 Kadkhunthod & Gangur 4 2 2 4 4 Marzonie & McSparran 4 1 3 2 5 Alexander & Levy 4 1 3 2

Section 8 Pos Name W D L Pts 1 Puckett & Hembrow 4 3 1 6 (+48) 2 Palmkvist & Chloe Morrison 4 3 1 6 (+10) 3 De Vries & Spangenberg 4 2 2 4 4 Akar & Kapusuz 4 1 3 2 5 Loh & Leng 4 1 3 2

Quarter finals

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Puckett & Hembrow	Lorimer & Rixon	1–10, 6–3, 1–0
Sherriff & Cottrell	De Sousa & Kivlin	12–1, 4–2
Stepney & Forrest	Olivier & Breedt	7–2, 9–2
Merrien & Merrien	Salmon & Williams	7–7, 9-5

Semi finals

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Sherriff & Cottrell	Puckett & Hembrow	9–1, 7–1
Stepney & Forrest	Merrien & Merrien	4–3, 3–8, 1–0

Final

Player 1	Player 2	Score
Sherriff & Cottrell	Stepney & Forrest	5–4, 6–5