Summary

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

  • Stewart Anderson defeats Alex Marshall 2-0 in all-Scottish men's singles final

  1. Who's in action in the men's final?published at 10:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2024

    Alex MarshallImage source, SNS
    Image caption,

    Alex Marshall reached the finals of the World Indoor Bowls championship

    The men's final of the World Indoor Bowls Championship will be an all-Scottish affair after Alex Marshall overcame Paul Foster to reach Sunday's showdown.

    Marshall came back from a 6-7 first set loss to the world number one to claim the second set 10-5 , before going on to record a 2-0 victory in the tie-breaker.

    The East Lothian bowler will face Irvine's Stewart Anderson in the final at Potters Resort in Norfolk on Sunday afternoon.

    Anderson reached the final with a straight sets victory over Harry Goodwin.

  2. How to watchpublished at 10:13 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2024

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

    BBC iPlayer

    Sunday 21 January

    Open singles final

    14:40-17:15 - BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app

  3. World Indoor Bowls Championshipspublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2024

    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 actionImage source, Getty Images
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    Jamie Walker representing Team England during the Men's Singles at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  4. How to get into bowlspublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2024

    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.

    How do I start?

    Check out Scottish Bowls, , externalor Bowls Scotland, external, Bowls Wales, , externalIrish Bowling Association , externaland Bowls England , externalfor clubs in your area.

    You can also try the British Crown Green Bowling Association, external, or the English , external,Scottish, , externalor Irish , externalIndoor Bowls Associations.

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