The World Champion of Champions will take place this time next year, where Jamie-Lea Winch and Edward Morris will be going for gold on the greens of Naenae BC in New Zealand.
We have caught up with the three bowlers who have won the World Champion of Champions title and over the next few days will be sharing their stories. First up is Yorkshireโs Mark Walton who became the first English success in 2005.
โ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ก, ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ. ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.
๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐. ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ.
๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก, ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ.โ
Over the following days, we will hear from Julie Leake (nee Saunders) and Tom Bishop who speak about their successes in 2006 and 2013 respectively.
Entry into the National Championship events can be made by contacting your County Administrator.
Bowls England’s National Competitions are open to players of all abilities โ with a range of events designed to meet your individual requirements.
We particularly welcome entries from those who may not have entered one of our competitions before, as this is a great opportunity to improve your game, take on one of our elite athletes and perhaps win a place in the National Finals at Royal Leamington Spa.
Click here to find out more about entering the National Competitions for 2021