Summary

  • Use play icon at the top of page for live coverage from Hopton on Sea, England

  • RESULT: Ladies Singles Final - Katherine Rednall (ENG) 2-1 Julie Forrest (SCO)

  • RESULT: Men's Singles Round Two - Nick Brett (ENG) 2-0 Billy Mellors (SCO)

  • From 19:30 GMT: Men's Singles Round Two - Michael Stepney (SCO) v Paul Foster MBE (SCO)

Live Reporting

  1. How to watch

    All times are listed in GMT and are subject to late changes

    BBC iPlayer

    Thursday 18 January

    Open singles second round

    10:00-11:30 - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app

    Women's singles final and open singles second round

    13:00-17:15 - BBC Two

    13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app (BBC Red Button from 17:10-18:00)

    19:30-21:30 - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app

    Friday 19 January

    Open singles quarter-finals

    10:00-11:30 - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app

    13:00-17:15 - BBC Two

    13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app (BBC Red Button from 17:10-18:00)

    19:30-21:30 - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app

    Saturday 20 January

    Open singles semi-finals

    13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app (BBC Red Button from 17:30-18:00)

    13:30-17:05 - BBC Two

    Sunday 21 January

    Open singles final

    13:00-18:00 - BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app (BBC Red Button from 17:10-18:00)

    14:40-17:15 - BBC Two

  2. World Indoor Bowls Championships

    BBC Sport

    The World Indoor Bowls Championships are taking place in Hopton-on-Sea from 5-21 January and there's live coverage of the final week on the BBC.

    Last year, English qualifier Jamie Walker surprised everyone with his run to become the first unseeded open singles champion in 17 years.

    In the women's singles, England's Katherine Rednall won her fifth title.

    English duo Nick Brett and Greg Harlow won the pairs title and Wales' Ceri Ann Glen and Scotland's Stewart Anderson claimed the mixed pairs crown.

    The pairs final is on Monday, 15 January and the mixed pairs on Tuesday, 16 January, while the women's singles final takes place on Thursday, 18 January and the open singles final on Sunday, 21 January.

    Jamie Walker in actionGetty Images

    Jamie Walker representing Team England during the Men's Singles at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  3. How to get into bowls

    BBC Sport

    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.