Summary

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  • Les Gillet (Eng) beat Ronnie Duncan (Sco) 2-0 - singles round one

  • Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett (Sco) beat Mark Dawes & Jamie Chestney (Eng) 2-1 in open pairs final

  • Mark Dawes (Eng) beat Graeme Howard (Wal) 2-0 - singles round one

Live Reporting

  1. An introduction to the 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championships

    Laura DanielsBBC Sport

    The World Indoor Bowls Championships are taking place in Hopton-on-Sea from 7-23 January. Potters Resort, situated along the East Anglian coast just south of Great Yarmouth, has become the traditional home of the championships, having first played host to the event in 1999.

    England's Mark Dawes hopes to retain the open singles title he won last year, while Scotland's Alex Marshall bids for a seventh title.

    England's Nick Brett, winner in 2016, returns to Potters Resort after missing out last year because of a broken arm.

    Wales' Laura Daniels will aim to defend her women's singles title.

  2. How to watch 2022 World Indoor Bowls Championships

    BBC iPlayer

    Monday 17 January

    Open singles first round

    10:00-11:30 - Red Button

    Open pairs final and open singles first round

    13:00-17:15 - BBC Two

    17:10-18:00 - BBC Red Button

    13:00-18:00 - uninterrupted coverage on BBC Sport website and app

    Tuesday 18 January

    Open singles second round

    10:00-11:30 - Red Button

    Mixed pairs final and open singles second round

    13:00-17:15 - BBC Two

    17:10-18:00 - BBC Red Button

    13:00-18:00 - uninterrupted coverage on BBC Sport website and app

    Wednesday 19 January

    Open singles second round

    10:00-11:30 - Red Button

    Open singles second round and women's singles semi-finals

    13:00-17:15 - BBC Two

    17:10-18:00 - BBC Red Button

    13:00-18:00 - uninterrupted coverage on BBC Sport website and app

    Thursday 20 January

    Open singles second round

    10:00-11:30 - Red Button

    Women's singles final and open singles second round

    13:00-17:15 - BBC Two

    17:10-18:00 - BBC Red Button

    13:00-18:00 - uninterrupted coverage on BBC Sport website and app

    Friday 21 January

    Open singles quarter-finals

    10:00-11:30 - Red Button

    13:00-17:15 - BBC Two

    17:10-18:00 - BBC Red Button

    13:00-18:00 - uninterrupted coverage on BBC Sport website and app

    Saturday 22 January

    Open singles semi-finals

    13:30-17:00 - BBC Two

    Sunday 23 January

    Open singles final

    14:40-17:15 - BBC Two

  3. How to get into bowls

    Get Inspired
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    Bowls is played by people of all ages, as the basics are easy to pick up and you can play anytime, day or night. Bowls will improve your hand-eye coordination and the more you play, the easier it becomes.

    There's Lawn Bowls, which you'll see in the Commonwealth Games and is played on a flat rectangular bowling green. The aim is simple - to get your bowls as close as possible to a smaller target ball called the 'jack'.

    Crown Green Bowls is similar, but is played on a square bowling green which is made of natural grass, with a larger jack. There is a raised area or 'crown' in the green that makes the ground uneven, making it a bit more difficult.

    Indoor Bowls again offers a different surface, played on a carpeted area.

    Girls from ethnic minorities are taking up bowls as part of a Sport England initiative

    Check out Scottish Bowls or Bowls Scotland, Bowls Wales, Irish Bowling Association and Bowls England for clubs in your area.