Indoor Bowls: Guernsey win seven CI crowns

Friday 17 January 2025

Guernsey came away with wins in seven out of the 11 categories contested in the Channel Islands Finals.

The finals were held in Jersey, with matches in men's and ladies singles, U25 singles, pairs, triples, fours and men's veteran fours.

Winners will now form the Channel Islands squad which will play at the British Isles Championships against England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales this March in Llanelli.

Ian Merrien took the men's singles title with a 21-15 win against Ross Davis, while Alison Merrien won the Ladies with a 21-9 victory against Chloe Greechan.

That Ladies title capped a successful weekend for Merrien, she also won the Ladies Pairs alongside Shirley Petit, 26-11 against Greechan and Megan Kivlin.

Guernsey men's pair of Brad Le Noury and Dave King lost 13-18 to Jersey's John Lowery and Mark Duckett.

Guernsey also won the Men's Triples (19-13), Ladies Fours (21-13), Men's Fours (20-17) and Veteran Fours (27-11).

Jersey took the Men's U25 Singles (21-11) and Ladies U25 Singles (21-8) as well as the Ladies Triples (20-9).

Watch more action on the Guernsey Indoor Bowling YouTube channel.

CI Finalists

Ladies Triples
Jsy: L Greechan, C Greechan, M Kivlin
Gsy: A Merrien, S Petit, C Bonsal

Men's Fours
G Davis, L Le Sueur, M Herve, J Band
D De La Mare, K Bichard, M Rihoy, S Bichard

Men's Veteran Fours
P Le Long, G Le Monnier, S Simon, M Hamilton
G Pitschou, D King, M De Carteret, M Le Noury

Men's Triples
M De Sousa, L Le Sueur, M Duckett
I Merrien, A Merrien, J Bonsall

Ladies Fours
R Macdonald, K Hutchings, G Thomas, A Andrieux
A Merrien, S Petit, R Ogier, C Bonsall

Men's U25 Singles
T Greechan
B Le Noury

Women's U25 Singles
C Greechan
E Rich

Ladies Pairs
C Greechan, M Kivlin
A Merrien, S Petit

Men's Pairs
J Lowery, M Duckett
B Le Noury, D King

Ladies Singles
C Greechan
A Merrien

Men's Singles
R Davis
I Merrien

Pictured top: Ian Merrien in action during the 2023 Island Games.