International lawn bowling competition
The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region.[1][2] The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held every two years but then took place every four years and was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships.[3][4]
In 2021, the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. World Bowls then decided that the World Championships would take place every two years starting in 2023. This also resulted in the fact that qualifying events for the Championships were no longer required meaning the Atlantic Bowls Championships and Asia Pacific Championships were terminated.[5]
1985 Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
15-21 September (round robin - only 1 bronze awarded)
1987 Lae BC, Lae, Papua New Guinea
25 October - 8 November sponsored by Mazda (bronze medal playoffs took place)[6] [7]
1989 Suva, Fiji
Jul 8-21, sponsored by Mazda [8]
26 October - 10 November, sponsored by Mazda (bronze medal playoffs took place)[10]
1993 Victoria BC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
25 July - 7 August, sponsored by Mazda (round robin, only 1 bronze)[11] [12]
1995 Dunedin, New Zealand
22 November - 2 December, two bronze medals awarded[13]
19 November - 1 December, (round robin, only 1 bronze) [14] [15]
1999 Bukit Kiara Bowls Complex, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
September 21-30 [16][17]
2001 Moama, Melbourne, Australia
22 October - 4 November [18]
2003 Pine Rivers Memorial BC, Brisbane Australia
25 November - 2 December
2005 Darebin International Sports Centre, Melbourne, Australia
7-16 November (bronze medal playoffs held)[19]
13-21 January
2009 National Lawn Bowls Complex, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8-16 August
30 November - 11 December
24 November - 6 December[20]
June 18 to 28
See also
World Bowls Events
References
- ^ "Bowls Calendar". World Bowls.
- ^ "Lawn bowls: Asia Pacific Champs a good build-up for worlds". New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "medal winners" (PDF). Hong Kong Bowls Association.
- ^ "Event History". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "2021 World Bowls Championships Gold Coast & Future World Championships" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "1987 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ^ "1987 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Hong Kong Bowls Association.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Pan Books Ltd. pp. 70–71. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
- ^ a b Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. p. 223. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "1991 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ^ "1993 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ^ "1993 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Hong Kong Bowls Association.
- ^ "1995 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ^ "1997 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ^ "1997 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Hong Kong Yearbook.
- ^ "1999 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ^ "1999 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Hong Kong Bowls Association.
- ^ "2001 Asia Pacific Championships" (PDF). Bowls USA.
- ^ "Canada, Malaysia sweep green at Bowls Championships". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "2015 Asia Pacific Championships". Burnside Bowling Club. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
