World Bowls is the recognised international sports federation for the sport of Bowls globally.

The World Bowls Tour (WBT) is not affiliated with World Bowls and is a separate organisation that organises the World Indoor Bowls Championship staged in January each year. Their decision to deny entry for some players from Israel to this event in January 2025 is a decision that the WBT Directors have made and World Bowls has no connection or involvement in this decision.

World Bowls has 60 member countries from across the world including Israel and all of our members continue to be welcome and eligible to participate in all World Bowls staged events. At our recent World Bowls Junior Indoor Championships in Hong Kong China in early December, we were pleased to have Israel represented at this event.

Neil Dalrymple

Chief Executive Officer

World Bowls

31 December 2024