After a seven year wait, the World Championships are back for 2023! The Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia play hosts to the biggest staging of the event’s history.

This year’s World Championships take place from Tuesday 29th August to Sunday 10th September (AEST). The event is split into two weeks of play, with a rest day on Monday 4th September. The 2023 edition will break new ground as the first to stage Para Bowls events.

For more information on how to follow the action Down Under, please click here.

To view our Aviva England squad for the 2023 World Championships, please click here.

England Roll of Honour

Year Venue Medals
2016 Christchurch, New Zealand Gold – Men’s Triples – Jamie Walker, Andy Knapper & Robert Paxton
Silver – Women’s Fours – Rebecca Wigfield, Jamie-Lea Winch, Wendy King & Ellen Falkner
Bronze – Women’s Pairs – Sophie Tolchard & Ellen Falkner
2012 Adelaide, Australia Bronze – Women’s Singles – Natalie Melmore
Bronze – Men’s Pairs – Graham Shadwell & Jamie Chestney
2008 Christchurch, New Zealand Silver – Women’s Singles – Ellen Falkner
Silver – Women’s Pairs – Wendy King & Ellen Falkner
Bronze – Men’s Fours – Mark Bantock, Graham Shadwell, Stephen Farish & Robert Newman
2004 (Men’s) Ayr, Scotland Bronze – Men’s Triples – Mervyn King, Robert Newman & Andy Thomson
Bronze – Men’s Fours – John Rednall, Mervyn King, Robert Newman & Andy Thomson
2004 (Women’s) Royal Leamington Spa, England Gold – Women’s Fours – Jayne Christie, Jean Baker, Amy Monkhouse & Ellen Falkner
Gold – Team Taylor Trophy
2000 (Men’s) Johannesburg, South Africa Bronze – Men’s Singles – Tony Allcock MBE
2000 (Women’s) Moama, Australia Gold – Team Taylor Trophy
Silver – Women’s Triples – Katherine Hawes, Jill Polley & Norma Shaw
Bronze – Women’s Pairs – Jean Baker & Mary Price
1996 (Men’s) Adelaide, Australia Gold – Men’s Singles – Tony Allcock MBE
Gold – Men’s Fours – Brett Morley, David Cutler, Andy Thomson & John Bell
1996 (Women’s) Royal Leamington Spa, England Silver – Women’s Singles – Wendy Line
Bronze – Women’s Fours – Norma Shaw, Jean Baker, Gill Fitzgerald & Mary Price
1992 (Men’s) Worthing, England Gold – Men’s Singles – Tony Allcock MBE
1992 (Women’s) Ayr, Scotland Bronze – Women’s Singles – Norma Shaw
Bronze – Women’s Triples – Barbara Till, Edna Bessell, Norma Shaw & Babs Barlow (sub)
Bronze – Women’s Fours – Jean Baker, Barbara Till, Edna Bessell & Mary Price
1988 (Men’s) Auckland, New Zealand Gold – Men’s Singles – David Bryant CBE
Gold – Leonard Denny Team Trophy
Silver – Men’s Pairs – David Bryant CBE & Tony Allcock
Bronze – Men’s Triples – John Ottaway, Wynne Richards & John Bell
Bronze – Men’s Fours – John Ottaway, Wynne Richards, Tony Allcock & John Bell
1988 (Women’s) Auckland, New Zealand Gold – Team Taylor Trophy
Silver – Women’s Triples – Norma Shaw, Jayne Roylance & Barbara Fuller
Silver – Women’s Fours – Norma Shaw, Jayne Roylance, Mary Price & Barbara Fuller
Bronze – Women’s Pairs – Wendy Line & Mary Price
1985 (Women’s) Melbourne, Australia Bronze – Women’s Pairs – Norma Shaw & Jean Valls
Bronze – Women’s Fours – Jean Valls,
Brenda Atherton, Betty Stubbings & Mavis Steele MBE
1984 (Men’s) Aberdeen, Scotland Gold – Men’s Fours – George Turley, Julian Haines, John Bell & Tony Allcock
Silver – Men’s Pairs – David Bryant CBE & Tony Allcock
Bronze – Men’s Singles – David Bryant CBE
1981 (Women’s) Toronto, Canada Gold – Women’s Singles – Norma Shaw
Gold – Women’s Fours – Irene Molyneaux (sub), Eileen Fletcher, Gloria Thomas, Betty Stubbings & Mavis Steele
Gold – Team Taylor Trophy
Silver – Women’s Triples – Eileen Fletcher, Mavis Steele & Betty Stubbings
Bronze – Women’s Pairs – Irene Molyneaux (sub), Gloria Thomas & Norma Shaw
1980 (Men’s) Melbourne, Australia Gold – Men’s Singles – David Bryant CBE
Gold – Men’s Triples – Jimmy Hobday, Tony Allcock & David Bryant CBE
Gold – Leonard Denny Team Trophy
1977 (Women’s) Worthing, England Silver – Women’s Fours – Margaret Lockwood, Joan Hunt, Mabel Darlington & Joan Sparkes
1976 (Men’s) Johannesburg, South Africa Silver – Men’s Triples – Tommy Armstrong, Bill Irish & David Bryant
Bronze – Men’s Singles – David Bryant
Bronze – Men’s Fours – John Evans, Bill Irish, Tommy Armstrong & Peter Line
1973 (Women’s) Wellington, New Zealand Silver – Women’s Singles – Mavis Steele
Silver – Women’s Pairs – Mavis Steele & Phyl Derrick
Silver – Women’s Fours – Nancie Colling, Eileen Smith, Joan Sparkes & Phyl Derrick
1972 (Men’s) Worthing, England Gold – Men’s Fours – Norman King, Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward & Peter Line
1966 (Men’s) New South Wales, Australia Gold – Men’s Singles – David Bryant
Bronze – Men’s Pairs – Cedric Smith & David Bryant
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