World Indoor Championships 1994
16th World Indoor Bowls Championships
LocationEngland Preston, Lancashire
Date(s)21 February - 6 March 1994
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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The 1994 Churchill Insurance World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 21 February until 6 March 1994. Churchill Insurance signed a new three-year deal worth £750,000 to sponsor the event, taking over from Midland Bank.
Andy Thomson won his first title beating Richard Corsie in the final.
In the Men's Pairs final Ian Schuback & Cameron Curtis defeated the defending champions Andy Thomson & Gary Smith.

The Women's World Championship was held in Cumbernauld from April 24–25 and was sponsored by Churchill Insurance. The winner was Jan Woodley.[2][3]

Winners

Event Winner
Men's Singles England Andy Thomson
Women's Singles Scotland Jan Woodley
Men's Pairs Australia Ian Schuback & Australia Cameron Curtis

Draw and results

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Men's singles

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1 Scotland Richard Corsie 3
Northern Ireland Ian McClure 1 1 Scotland Corsie 3
16 England Mervyn King 3 16 England King 2
Israel Jeff Rabkin 1 1 Scotland Corsie 3
8 Australia Robert Parrella 1 Australia Taylor 2
Guernsey Adrian Welch 3 Guernsey Welch 1
9 England David Bryant 2 Australia Taylor 3
Australia Ian Taylor 3 1 Scotland Corsie 3
4 Wales John Price 3 13 Hong Kong McMahon 1
Canada Steve Forrest 0 4 Wales Price 2
13 Hong Kong Mark McMahon 3 13 Hong Kong McMahon 3
New Zealand Gary Lawson 0 13 Hong Kong McMahon 3
5 England Gary Smith 3 12 Scotland Robertson 1
New Zealand Sid Giddy 1 5 England Smith 1 Final
12 Scotland Graham Robertson 3 12 Scotland Robertson 3
South Africa Kevin Campbell 0 1 Scotland Corsie 2 0 7 6
3 Australia Ian Schuback 2 6 England Thomson 7 7 6 7
Scotland David Hendry 3 Scotland Hendry 1
14 Scotland Willie Wood 3 14 Scotland Wood 3
Wales David Evans 1 14 Scotland Wood 2
6 England Andy Thomson 3 6 England Thomson 3
Scotland Andy Blair 0 6 England Thomson 3
11 Scotland Jim McCann 1 Northern Ireland Booth 1
Northern Ireland Neil Booth 3 6 England Thomson 3
2 England Tony Allcock 3 10 Wales Rees 2
Jersey Brian Bisson 0 2 England Allcock 2
15 England Wynne Richards 3 15 England Richards 3
Wales Len Webley 1 15 England Richards 0
7 Scotland Hugh Duff 3 10 Wales Rees 3
Australia Cameron Curtis 1 7 Scotland Duff 2
10 Wales Stephen Rees 3 10 Wales Rees 3
England Russell Morgan 1

Men's Pairs

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 England Andy Thomson

England Gary Smith

3
Scotland Frazer Marshall

Scotland Robert Muirhead

0 1 England Smith

England Thomson

3
8 Australia Robert Parrella

Australia Ian Taylor

3 8 Australia Parrella

Australia Taylor

1
Wales Brian Relland

Wales Damian Kelly

0 1 England Smith

England Thomson

3
4 Wales John Price

Wales Stephen Rees

3 4 Wales Price

Wales Rees

0
Hong Kong Mark McMahon

Canada Steve Forrest

1 4 Wales Price

Wales Rees

3
5 Scotland Richard Corsie

Scotland Alex Marshall

3 5 Scotland Marshall

Scotland Corsie

1
England Russell Morgan

England Wynne Richards

1 1 England Smith

England Thomson

1 5 7 0
2 England Tony Allcock

England David Bryant

3 3 Australia Schuback

Australia Curtis

7 7 5 7
New Zealand Gary Lawson

New Zealand Sid Giddy

1 2 England Allcock

England Bryant

3
7 Northern Ireland David Corkill

Northern Ireland Alan McMullan

3 7 Northern Ireland Corkill

Northern Ireland McMullan

1
England Keith Renwick

England Dave Williams

0 2 England Allcock

England Bryant

1
3 Australia Ian Schuback

Australia Cameron Curtis

3 3 Australia Schuback

Australia Curtis

3
Northern Ireland Jeremy Henry

Northern Ireland Ian McClure

0 3 Australia Schuback

Australia Curtis

3
6 South Africa Kevin Campbell

Israel Jeff Rabkin

3 6 South Africa Campbell

Israel Rabkin

1
Jersey Brian Bisson

Guernsey Adrian Welch

1

Women's singles

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                     
Scotland Jan Woodley 1 0 7 7 7
Scotland Kate Adams 7 7 6 5 0
Scotland Woodley 7 7 7
Guernsey Simon 3 6 5
Guernsey Anne Simon 7 6 7 0 7
Guernsey Jackie Nicolle 0 7 6 7 2
Scotland Woodley 5 7 7 5 7
England Price 7 1 5 7 5
Northern Ireland Margaret Johnston 1 2 4
England Mary Price 7 7 7
England Price 7 0 7 7
Scotland Conlan 3 7 2 5
Scotland Jeanette Conlan 7 7 7
Jersey Val Stead 2 6 3

References

  1. ^ "Home". worldbowls.com.
  2. ^ "David Rhys Jones. "World champion crosses the great divide." Times [London, England] 26 Apr. 1994". The Times.
  3. ^ ""Dixon in good form for Badminton." Times [London, England] 25 Apr. 1994". The Times.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". The Times. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2014-12-31.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Google News Archive Search".

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