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.'' The World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship (formerly the IIBC Championships) are an annual indoor

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world championship event for the under–25 age group, run by the governing body of the sport, World Bowls in collaboration with the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC).

History

The under–25 age group events were established in 1998 and continue today. From 2000 until 2019 there were disciplines at senior level. In 2019, the IIBC came to an agreement with the World Bowls organisation. The agreement was to merge their two international indoor championships, the IIBC Championships and the

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. The new event would be called the

World Bowls Indoor Championships The World Bowls Indoor Championships is bowls event inaugurated in 2019 by the organisations known as World Bowls and the International Indoor Bowls Council (IIBC). It is contested annually between bowlers from national bowls organisations. The ...

. In 2004, the mixed pairs event was added to the under 25 championships for the first time. In 2005,

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hosted the under 25 championships for the first time. In 2012, Amy Stanton became the first female to win the women's title three years running. In 2014, Chloe Watson became the first Irish and youngest ever winner of the women's title at the age of 17.

Past winners

U25 events

Discontinued senior events

The senior events (now defunct) ran from 2000 to 2019. In 2010, Wales' Kerry Packwood recorded the first ever whitewash and the highest score in the championships history, in a first round win against Mary Alderson from the Isle of Man, winning the match in straight sets 17–0, 19–0. In 2013, Jersey staged the senior championships for the first time. It has previously staged the under 25 event. In 2014, Julie Forrest of Scotland became the first person to win the men's or women's title for a record fourth time. In 2015, Chloe Greechan of Jersey became the youngest ever bowls world champion at 14-years-old, winning the mixed pairs title with her father, Thomas Greechan. *DISCONTINUED

References

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