International Bowls for Disabled World Championships 2024

Hosts:

South Africa

Venues:

The 5th International Bowls for Disabled (IBD) World Championships that is to be hosted by Ekurhuleni Bowls is being played at Delville BC (HQ), Kempton Park, (Alt HQ) and Benoni Bowling Clubs from 18 - 31 May 2024 with Lake BC being the practice club.

Participating nations:

South Africa, England, Scotland, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Korea. 

Tournament website and results - click here

Technical Officials:

Tournament Operation Officer – Howard Gibbons 

Convener NSCTO – Jeanette Williams 

NSCTO Member – Francois Schutte 

NSCTO Member – Dirk Malomgré 

NSCTO Member – Lynton Harrison 

ITO – Nico Nell

Additional information:

Advisement Letter

Team Entry Form

2024 GUIDELINES FOR VI BOWLS CLASSIFICATION REF- JAN

2024 IBD VI bowls classification form Ref – Jan

IBD World Championship – SA Operations Manual 2024

For Tournament Flip Book - Click Here

Conditions Of play – To follow 

Modus Operandi – To follow 

Programme – To follow

CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS

Tournament history:

The event is a bowls world championship of disabled men and women who are Physically Disabled (PD) or Visually Impaired (VI). The event was last held in Wellington, New Zealand in 2015 and previous to that in Pretoria, South Africa in 2011 and Sydney, Australia in 2007. 

The event supersedes the International Para Olympic (IPC) world championships which were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2004.  At all of the previous events South Africa’s disabled bowlers were the overall champions

The 2019 championships were due to be held in Scotland but they withdrew and the event was rescheduled for Christchurch, New Zealand in November 2020.  As a result of COVID-19 they were finally cancelled.

Host club information:

Directions

Map to the hotel – Directions

Coordinates – 28°18’16.63″E 26°11’0.81″S

Contact number 011 421 5310

Map to Delville Germiston –  Directions

Coordinates – E 28°10’38” S 26°13’42

Contact: Leon 082 638 6679

Map to Kempton Park – Directions

Coordinates – E 28°12’40” S 26°06’23”

Contact: Mike 083 267 4891

Map to Benoni BC – Directions

Coordinates – E 28°18’35” S 26°11’16” 

Contact: Kevin 083 654 4884

Map to Benoni Lake – Directions,

Coordinates  E 28°17’51” S 26°15’03”

Contact: Alasdair 083 327 7784

Bowls for the Disabled South Africa - website