World Bowls Tour Awards

Country| United Kingdom
Presented by| World Bowls Tour (WBT)
First awarded| 2008
Website| World Bowls Tour (WBT)

The World Bowls Tour Awards are the annual awards ceremony hosted by the World Bowls Tour to recognise the achievements of the bowls players who compete on the World Bowls Tour (WBT). The annual event is usually held in January, which take place just before the World Indoor Bowls Championships begins. The annual World Bowls Tour Hall of Fame induction happens at the annual awards ceremony too, which was launched along with the inaugural World Bowls Tour Awards ceremony in 2008.

## Winners[edit]

Year  | Awards  | Winner  | Ref

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2008  | WBT Player of the Year
Players' Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
WBT Hall of Fame inductees

|  Alex Marshall
Paul Foster
Jamie Chestney
Paul Foster
The Potters Resort
Richard Corsie
Tony Allcock
Paul Foster
David Bryant
Alex Marshall | [1][2][3]
2009  | WBT Player of the Year
Players' Player of the Year
Fans' Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Best Qualifying Performance
Shot of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
Services to Bowls Award
WBT Hall of Fame inductee  |  Alex Marshall
Mark Royal
Greg Harlow
Andrew Walters
Mark Royal
Darren Burnett
Simon Skelton
Wynne Richards
Nigel Oldfield
Andy Thomson | [4][5]
2010  | WBT Player of the Year
Players' Player of the Year
Fans' Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Best Qualifying Performance
Shot of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
Services to Bowls Award
WBT Hall of Fame inductee  |  Paul Foster
Paul Foster
Mervyn King
Robert Chisholm
Billy Jackson
Stewart Anderson
Ian Bond
Ken Fawcett /  John Price
David Rhys Jones
David Gourlay | [6][7]
2011  | WBT Player of the Year
Players' Player of the Year
Fans' Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Best Qualifying Performance
Shot of the Year
Four Touchers
Lifetime Achievement award
Services to Bowls Award
Unsung Heroes Award  |  Mervyn King
Mervyn King
Greg Harlow
Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Robert Paxton
Robert Paxton
Robert Paxton
Andy Thomson
Dales Sports Surfaces
Anglia Bowls Stewards  | [8][9][10]
[11][12]
[13][14]
[15][16]
2012  | WBT Player of the Year
Players' Player of the Year
Fans' Player of the Year
Best Qualifying Performance
Shot of the Year  |  Paul Foster
Paul Foster
Greg Harlow
Robert Paxton
Paul Foster | [17][18]
[19][20]
2013  | WBT Player of the Year
Players' Player of the Year
Fans' Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Shot of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
Service to Bowls Award
WBT Hall of Fame inductee  |  Andy Thomson
Andy Thomson
Paul Foster
Paul Foster
Paul Foster
Anne Dunwoodie
Sandra McLeish
Alison Merrien | [21][22]
2014  | Fans' Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award  |  Alex Marshall
Alex Marshall
Willie Wood | [23]
2015  | WBT Player of the Year
Players’ Player of the Year
Young Bowler of the Year
Match of the Year
Performance of the Year
Best Qualifying Performance
Four Touchers
Lifetime Achievement Award
Services to Bowls Award  |  Nick Brett
Nick Brett
Katherine Rednall
Nick Brett vs  Mervyn King
Darren Burnett
Billy Jackson
Jonathan Ross
David Gourlay
Mark Hedges  | [24][25]
2016  | Player of the Year
Players Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Match of the Year
Best European Qualifying Performance
Best Overseas Qualifying Performance
Lifetime Achievement
Services to Bowls  |  Nick Brett
Nick Brett
Connor Cinato
Alex Marshall
David Gourlay vs  Andy Thomson
Jamie Chestney
Neil Furman
Sandra McLeish
John Taylor  | [26][27]
2017  | Player of the Year
Players Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Match of the Year
Best European Qualifying Performance
Best Overseas Qualifying Performance
WBT Hall of Fame inductee
Services to Bowls  |  Nick Brett
Nick Brett
Joseph Mower
David Gourlay
Nick Brett vs  Stewart Anderson
Trevor Taylor
Murray Glassey
Darren Burnett
Dewars Centre & Perth Indoor Bowls Club  | [28]
2018  | Player of the Year
Players Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Match of the Year
Best European Qualifying Performance
Best Overseas Qualifying Performance
WBT Hall of Fame inductee
Lifetime Achievement Award  |  Paul Foster
Jamie Chestney
Ellen Ryan
Jamie Chestney
Mark Dawes vs  Stewart Anderson
Graham McKee
Gary Pickering
John Price
David Rhys Jones  | [29]
2019  | Player of the Year
Players Player of the Year
Performance of the Year
Match of the Year
Best European Qualifying Performance
Best Overseas Qualifying Performance
WBT Hall of Fame inductee
Lifetime Achievement Award
Services to Bowls  |  David Gourlay
Mark Dawes
Michael Stepney
Michael Stepney vs  Paul Foster
Colin Walker
Dan LeMessurier
Greg Harlow
Alex Marshall
Janice Gower | [30]

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