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World Rankings
1 <> ENG Craig Burgess 1007
2 5 BE Jonathan Payne 789.25
3 3 BE Pieterjan Stevens 776.50
4 2 ENG Alex Kley 767
5 1 ENG Stephen Proctor 747.88
6 3 ENG Nigel Nicholls 719.88
7 3 IIBA Gary McNabb 701.50
8 4 BE Sibe Laureys 700.75
9 2 ENG Mitchell Young 688.50
10 3 ENG Jim Trott 685.50
11 6 ENG Andrew Shorney 684
12 4 IM Stephen Gale 611
13 4 IIBA Mark Beattie 610
14 1 ENG David Studden 607.50
15 3 SE Joel Häger 607.13
16 20 IIBA David McBride 593

Order of Merit
1 1 BE Jonathan Payne 474
2 1 ENG Craig Burgess 462
3 2 IIBA Gary McNabb 422
4 <> ENG Stephen Proctor 380.25
5 2 BE Sibe Laureys 343
6 3 BE Pieterjan Stevens 340
7 1 SE Joel Häger 318
8 2 WAL Stephen Williams 317
9 1 ENG David Studden 314
10 27 ENG Matty Worden 306
11 14 IIBA David McBride 305
12 6 ENG Darren Brown 302
13 1 SE Carin Carlsson 301
14 3 ENG Daniel Sands 300.50
15 10 ENG Tom Morris 298
16 <> SE Jonas Häger 294

Featured Competition - British Open 25/26

Saturday 10 January 2026 - Sunday 11 January 2026 @ Leicester Indoor Bowls & Social Club, England

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British Open Past Finals

 British Open   BO  Final 2026
Chris Coates England
10 - 8
Matty Worden England
 British Open   BO  Final 2024
Matty Worden England
14 - 7
Michael Doorey England
 British Open   BO  Final 2023
Gary McNabb Ireland
11 - 6
James John Davies Wales
 British Open   BO  Final 2020
Gary McNabb Ireland
10 - 5
Tony Ealham England
 British Open   BO  Final 2019
Stephen Williams Wales
10 - 9
Benny Bass England
 British Open   BO  Final 2018
Nigel Nicholls England
9 - 7
Dom Reed England

Biggest Wins

24 Aug 19 |  UK Open UK  | Shield Knockout
Ingvar Nelson Sweden
38 - 1
Ponransan Thanusan United Arab Emirates
19 Oct 24 |  Norwegian Open NO  | Group 27
John Jillings Wales
36 - 0
Aileen Mali Norway
10 Feb 18 |  English Masters EngM  | Group 11
Jamie Stiles Wales
34 - 0
Muhammad Azeem United Arab Emirates
29 Oct 16 |  Norwegian Open NO  | Group 11
Christer Nordin Sweden
35 - 1
Tariq Hussain United Arab Emirates
13 Jan 18 |  British Open BO  | Group 02
Bob Naylor Scotland
34 - 0
Muhammad Abu Baker United Arab Emirates
10 Feb 18 |  English Masters EngM  | Group 15
Charlotte Rollings England
36 - 2
Bill Norcup England
27 Oct 18 |  Norwegian Open NO  | Group 04
Benny Sjögren Sweden
35 - 1
David Ryan England
11 Jan 20 |  British Open BO  | Group 16
Edward Sawbridge England
35 - 1
Sheila Durcan Isle of Man
12 Apr 14 |  World Masters WM  | Group 25
Andrew Morrison Ireland
34 - 1
Sjjad Ahmed Butty United Arab Emirates
26 Oct 19 |  Norwegian Open NO  | Group 05
Steven Roberts England
34 - 1
Mette Grava Norway

Most Games

P
1 Belgium Jonathan Payne 540
2 Sweden Joel Häger 514
3 Ireland Mark Beattie 504
4 England Jim Trott 470
5 Isle of Man Stephen Gale 434
6 Sweden Jonas Häger 428
7 Ireland Joseph Beattie 418
8 England Nigel Nicholls 400
9 England John Lax 392
10 Ireland Sam Moore 385

Win % (over 20 Games)

P W W%
1 Ireland Alan Paul 98 85 86.73%
2 England Matty Worden 89 74 83.15%
3 Ireland Kevin Conroy 114 94 82.46%
4 Ireland Gary McNabb 348 285 81.90%
5 Ireland Mark Sproule 22 18 81.82%
6 Wales Sean Hughes 58 47 81.03%
7 Ireland Joseph Beattie 418 338 80.86%
8 England Alastair McCrea 87 70 80.46%
9 Ireland Andrew Leckey 125 100 80.00%
10 Ireland Declan McCann 29 23 79.31%
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