MINISTER for Sport, Nigel Huddleston, carried out the official draw for the Commonwealth Games Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls competition at Leamington’s Victoria Park.
The Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls tournament will be held at Victoria Park during the Games from Friday, July 29 to Saturday, August 6.
And Mr Huddleston visited the venue to draw seven of the 11 medal events that make up the Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls competition at Birmingham 2022.
This included the draws for the women’s singles, the men’s singles, the men’s pairs, the women’s triples, the men’s fours, the Para men’s pairs and the Para women’s pairs.
Minister for the Commonwealth Games, Mr Huddleston said: “Lawn bowls will be one of the hottest tickets for British fans at Birmingham 2022 with home nation teams drawn together across the medal events.
“Victoria Park is a stunning setting for the lawn bowls and Para lawn bowls and it’s great to see how investment from the Commonwealth Games will leave a real legacy for this venue and the local community.”
The draw pits England against New Zealand, Malaysia, Niue and Singapore in Section A of the Women’s Singles draw with England’s Women’s Pairs to play Scotland, Northern Ireland and Fiji.
And England will play Malaysia, Fiji, Jamaica and Namibia in Section C of the Men’s Singles with the Men’s Pairs to face Cook Islands, Malaysia, India and Falkland Islands.
Gary Smith, Chief Executive of World Bowls said: “With the draw now completed the stage is now set for the Commonwealth’s best players to exhibit their high-class talents and to showcase our sport to a global audience.
“We are all looking forward to an exciting event in a superb setting at Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa.”
Matt Kidson, Director of Sport for Birmingham 2022, added: “It’s great that the draw for Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls has now been completed. With the world’s best players taking part, it’s going to be an exciting competition and a really popular sport during the Games.
“Victoria Park is going to be a superb venue for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Our temporary infrastructure is currently being installed and we can’t wait for the teams to arrive to play in this fantastic setting.”
Andrew Day, Warwick District Council Leader, said: “It was fantastic to welcome the Minister of Sport to Victoria Park, who referred to the greens as the ‘Wimbledon of lawn bowls!’
“It was an opportunity to show the tremendous amount of work that’s gone in over the past few years to make this a world-class facility.
“With just three weeks to go until the Games it’s all systems go and we’re excited and ready to be welcoming the thousands of visitors and spectators over the summer.”
A total of 24 different nations and territories will compete with several home nation battles lined up for the early rounds of the competition.
The seedings for the competition are done based on the results from Gold Coast 2018 with any new teams that did not compete four years ago being added to the different sections (pools) through the draw process.
Tickets are currently available for all Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls sessions. Tickets cost £22 for adults and £8 for under-16’s.
The eyes of some of the home nations will be firmly fixed on Section B of the Women’s Singles with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all drawn together.
Intriguing groups have also emerged in the Men’s Triples and the Men’s Fours with Section D in the former featuring Canada, England, Malaysia and South Africa and Section A of the latter featuring reigning champions Scotland, New Zealand, South Africa, Jersey and Malta.
All of the Para Lawn Bowls competitions will be round robin events with each team, in each of the three competitions, playing one another.
The Para events for this sport include mixed pairs for players with a visual impairment and men’s pairs and women’s pairs for B6 to B8 athletes (ambulant and wheelchair bowlers).
England, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa have pairs entered in all three competitions.
Full details for all 11 medal events are now available at birmingham2022.com, where you can also take a look at the schedule and buy tickets for the competition which will get underway on Friday, July 29.
Tickets are currently available for all Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls sessions. Tickets cost £22 for adults and £8 for under-16’s.
Bowls draws for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Sectional Draw for the Women’s Singles
Section A – New Zealand, Malaysia, England, Niue, Singapore
Section B – Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, India, Falkland Islands
Section C – South Africa, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Cook Islands
Section D – Canada, Australia, Kenya, Guernsey
Sectional Draw for the Men’s Singles
Section A – Australia, South Africa, Guernsey, Kenya, Cook Islands
Section B – Canada, Northern Ireland, Wales, Norfolk Island, Niue
Section C – England, Malaysia, Fiji, Jamaica, Namibia
Section D – Scotland, New Zealand, Jersey, India, Falkland Islands
Sectional Draw for the Women’s Pairs
Section A – Malaysia, Norfolk Island, Malta, Cook Islands, Guernsey
Section B – South Africa, India, New Zealand, Niue
Section C – Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Fiji
Section D – Canada, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Wales
Sectional Draw for the Men’s Pairs
Section A – Wales, Norfolk Island, Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Namibia
Section B – Scotland, New Zealand, Canada, Niue, Jersey
Section C – Cook Island, Malaysia, England, India, Falkland Islands
Section D – South Africa, Australia, Guernsey, Fiji
Sectional Draw for the Women’s Triples
Section A – Australia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Falkland Islands, Singapore
Section B – Scotland, Wales, Cook Islands, Botswana
Section C – England, New Zealand, India, Niue
Section D – Canada, Malaysia, Fiji, Norfolk Island
Sectional Draw for the Men’s Triples
Section A – Scotland, New Zealand, India, Malta
Section B – Australia, Jersey, Cook Islands, Niue
Section C – Norfolk Island, Wales, Fiji, Northern Ireland
Section D – Canada, England, Malaysia, South Africa
Sectional Draw for the Women’s Fours
Section A – Australia, Scotland, Fiji, Botswana
Section B – South Africa, New Zealand, Wales, Niue
Section C – Malta, Malaysia, Norfolk Island, Northern Ireland
Section D – Canada, India, England, Cook Islands
Sectional Draw for the Men’s Fours
Section A – Scotland, New Zealand, South Africa, Jersey, Malta
Section B – Australia, Northern Ireland, Canada, Niue
Section C – England, India, Fiji, Cook Islands
Section D – Wales, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Norfolk Island
Sectional Draw for the Para Mixed Pairs (B2-B3)
Round Robin – Australia, South Africa, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand, England
Sectional Draw for the Para Men’s Pairs (B6-B8)
Round Robin – South Africa, England, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, Australia
Sectional Draw for the Para Women’s Pairs (B6-B8)
Round Robin – Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland
