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Scottish International Open

Year Winner Runner-Up Score
1989 Scotland Angus Blair Wales John Price 7–6 7–5 7–5 [2]
1990 England David Bryant England Tony Allcock 7–5 5–7 7–4 1–7 7–5 [3]
1991 Wales John Price (1/4) England Gary Smith 7–2 7–6 7–3 [4]
1992 Scotland Graham Robertson (1/3) Wales John Price 5–7 7–6 7–4 7–2 [5]
1993 Scotland Graham Robertson (2/3) Scotland Richard Corsie 3–7 7–3 7–2 7–5 [6]
1994 Wales John Price (2/4) Scotland Graham Robertson 7–0 7–2 7–4 [7]
1995 Wales John Price (3/4) England Andy Thomson 7–3 0–7 7–4 7–5 [8]
1996 Scotland Graham Robertson (3/3) Scotland David Gourlay 7–5 7–4 7–3 [9]
1997 Wales John Price (4/4) Scotland Richard Corsie 7–0 7–3 7–4 [10]
1998 Scotland Richard Corsie Scotland Paul Foster 1–7 7–6 7–2 5–7 7–6 [11]
1999 Scotland Darren Burnett (1/2) Australia Mark McMahon 7–0 3–7 7–1 7–2 [12]
2000 England Greg Moon Scotland Darren Burnett 7–6 7–3 [13]
2001 Scotland Darren Burnett (2/2) Wales Mike Prosser 5–7 13–3 2–0 [14]
2002 Scotland David Gourlay (1/2) Scotland Darren Burnett 6–4 10–2 [15]
2003 England Ian Bond (1/2) England Greg Harlow 11–6 8–8 [16]
2004 Wales Jason Greenslade Scotland David Gourlay 8–8 10–1 [17]
2005 England Ian Bond (2/2) Scotland Alex Marshall 8–4 9–4 [18]
2006 Australia Kelvin Kerkow Australia David Gourlay 11–5 11–3 [19]
2007 England Andy Thomson England Mark Royal 11–5 8–5 [20]
2008 England Greg Harlow (1/3) Wales John Price 11–6 16–1 [21]
2009 Scotland Paul Foster (1/3) England Ian Bond 8–3 7–8 2–0 [22]
2010 England Mervyn King Scotland Stewart Anderson 7–5 8–5 [23]
2011 England Robert Paxton England Greg Harlow 2–11 10–2 2–0 [24]
2012 Scotland Paul Foster (2/2) England Nick Brett 11–5 9–8
2013 England Nick Brett (1/2) Scotland Paul Foster 5–7 9–6 2–1 [25]
2014 England Nick Brett (2/2) Scotland Paul Foster 5–10 9–6 2–0 [26]
2015 England Greg Harlow (2/3) Wales Jason Greenslade 11–4 6–8 2–1 [27]
2016 England Greg Harlow (3/3) Scotland Paul Foster 4–10 12–4 2–1 [28]
2017 Scotland David Gourlay (2/2) Scotland Michael Stepney 11–7 9–4 [29]
2018 Scotland Stewart Anderson (1/3) Scotland Paul Foster 8–6 12–4 [30]
2019 Scotland Paul Foster (3/3) England Nick Brett 10–4, 11–3 [31]
2020 and 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[32]
2022 Scotland Stewart Anderson (2/3) England Simon Skelton 10–4, 10–2[33]
2023 Scotland Stewart Anderson (3/3) England Jamie Walker 12–6 6–3[34]

Sponsors and previous names

The International Open

Year Winner Runner-Up Score
1983 England David Bryant (1/2) Scotland Bob Sutherland 7–4 7–3 7–1 [37]
1984 Wales Terry Sullivan England Tony Allcock 5–4 (sets)
1985 Northern Ireland Jim Baker Scotland John Watson 5–7 4–7 7–0 7–3 7–3 7–6 7–4
1986 Wales Stephen Rees England David Bryant 7–3 7–2 7–0 7–1 2–7 3–7 4–7 4–7 7–0 [38]
1987 England Tony Allcock Northern Ireland David Corkill 7–6 1–7 2–7 7–3 7–0 4–7 7–4 5–7 7–5 [39]
1988 England Gary Smith Scotland Richard Corsie 6–7 7–5 7–5 7–6 7–6 3–7 6–7 7–0[40]
1989 England David Bryant (2/2) Northern Ireland David Corkill 1–5 5–7 7–6 7–5 7–3 [41]
1991 England Andy Thomson (1/3) England Tony Allcock 6–7 4–7 7–5 7–2 7–1 [42]
1992 England Andy Thomson (2/3) Wales John Price 7–3 3–7 7–5 7–5 [43]
1994 Hong Kong Mark McMahon England Andy Thomson 4–7 7–5 7–3 7–0 [44]
1995 Scotland Hugh Duff Australia Ian Schuback 2–7 7–3 7–4 7–1 [45]
1997 England Les Gillett Scotland David Gourlay 7–5 7–0 6–7 7–4 [46]
1998 Scotland David Gourlay (1/5) Wales John Price 7–0 0–7 7–6 3–7 7–2 [47]
1999 Australia Ian Schuback Scotland David Gourlay 5–7 6–7 7–5 7–3 7–2 [48]
2000 Scotland David Gourlay (2/5) Wales John Price 7–2 7–2 0–7 5–7 7–3 [49]
2001 England Ian Bond England Greg Harlow 7–4 6–8 2–1 [50]
2002 Scotland David Gourlay (3/5) Wales Jason Greenslade 9–7 6–7 2–1 [51]
2003 England Andy Thomson (3/3) England Les Gillett 9–10 13–4 2–1 [52]
2004 England Greg Harlow (1/3) Australia David Gourlay 10–4 4–8 2–0 [53]
2005 England Greg Harlow (2/3) Wales Robert Weale 8–12 10–5 2–0 [54]
2006 England Greg Harlow (3/3) Australia David Gourlay 12–7 10–8 [55]
2007 Scotland Paul Foster (1/2) Wales Jason Greenslade 15–5 5–6 2–1 [56]
2008 Scotland Darren Burnett Australia Brett Wilkie 13–4 10–9 [57]
2009–2012 not held
2013 Scotland Alex Marshall England Robert Paxton 10–2 10–1 [58]
2014 Scotland Paul Foster (2/2) Scotland Alex Marshall 9–8 15–3 [59]
2015 England Nick Brett Scotland Alex Marshall 12–4 9–8 [60]
2016 Scotland David Gourlay (4/5) England Jamie Chestney 11–9 10–6 [61]
2017 England Jamie Chestney Scotland Stewart Anderson 9–4 8–6 [62]
2018 Scotland David Gourlay (5/5) England Greg Harlow 11–9 5–9 2–1 [63]
not held since 2018

Sponsors and previous names

Welsh International Open

Year Winner Runner-Up
2002 England Les Gillett Wales Robert Weale
2003 England Tony Allcock Scotland David Gourlay
2004 Australia Kelvin Kerkow (1/2) England Andy Thomson
2005 Australia Kelvin Kerkow (2/2) Wales Robert Weale
2006 Wales Jason Greenslade Australia David Gourlay
2007 Scotland Paul Foster Wales Robert Weale
2008 England Mark Royal (1/2) England Greg Harlow
2009 Wales Robert Chisholm England Simon Skelton
2010 Scotland Darren Burnett England Simon Skelton
2011 England Mark Royal (2/2) Scotland David Gourlay
2012 Scotland David Gourlay England Greg Harlow
not held since 2013

Sponsors and previous names

World Matchplay

Year Winner Runner-Up
2007 England Greg Harlow England Mervyn King
2008 England Andy Thomson Scotland Alex Marshall
2009 England Mervyn King Australia David Gourlay
2010 England Ian Bond Wales Jason Greenslade
not held since 2010

Most successful bowlers (singles only)

Bowler World Indoor Bowls Championships The International Open Scottish International Open Welsh International Open World Match Play Total wins
Scotland Paul Foster 5 2 3 1 - 11
ScotlandAustralia David Gourlay 1 5 2 1 - 9
England Greg Harlow 1 3 3 - 1 8
England Andy Thomson 3 3 1 - 1 8
Scotland Alex Marshall 6 1 - - - 7
England David Bryant 3 2 1 - - 6
England Tony Allcock 3 1 - 1 - 5
Wales John Price 1 4 - - - 5
Scotland Stewart Anderson 2 - 3 - - 5
Scotland Richard Corsie 3 - 1 - - 4
England Nick Brett 1 1 2 - - 4

Youngest Player in WBT event

Desmond Lai, at age of 15 (January 2024) from Hong Kong China, in World Bowls Indoor Championships 2024 [64]

See also

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