Watch: Bowls Scotland National Championships 2025 - para open pairs final
Date: 16:45 BST 28 July
Title: Bowls Scotland National Championships
Content: The Bowls Scotland National Championships are being held at the National Centre for Bowling, Ayr and run from 26 July – 2 August
The championships are the largest
week-long bowls event in the world with more than 1,316 players from 340 clubs
competing and roughly 8,000 spectators attending the South Ayrshire venue. By
the end of the week, 25 national champions will have been crowned across the
men's, women's, youth, and para disciplines being contested.
Last
year, Scottish internationalist Iain McLean won the gentlemen's singles title for a
record equalling third time. He returns this year looking to become the first
person to win four gentlemen's singles crowns since the competition began in
1894.
Bowls Scotland National Championships
Update:
Date: 16:43 BST 28 July
Title: How to watch
Content: Selected finals from the tournament will be shown live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website - all times BST
Tuesday, 29 July: Para physically disabled open
pairs final [15:25-18:00]
Saturday, 2 August: Gents singles final
[13:25-15:30] & Ladies singles final [15:30-17:30]
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