Team Scotland will be looking to defend their titles on home territory in all three Para Bowls events at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, with Commonwealth Sport today announcing that they are one of eight nations set to contest the Women’s and Men’s B6-8 Pairs and B2-3 Mixed Pairs next summer. 

Winning gold in every Para Bowls discipline, Team Scotland made history at Birmingham 2022. Joining them on the rinks for Glasgow 2026 will be Australia, England, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and Wales, promising a vibrant and competitive field for one of the Games’ most inclusive sports. 

The Glasgow 2026 Bowls and Para Bowls competitions will take place from Friday 24 July to Sunday 2 August 2026, with the Games set to be the UK’s largest sporting event next summer, bringing together 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories to compete for more than 200 medals. Para sport will be at the heart of the action, with 47 medal events across six disciplines – the most expansive Para sport programme in Commonwealth Games history.  

Para Bowls made its debut as a demonstration sport at Victoria 1994, before officially joining the Commonwealth Games programme at Manchester 2002. Since then, it has featured at Glasgow 2014, Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022, with Glasgow 2026 matching the three-event format seen in Birmingham. 

Malaysia returns to the Para Bowls line-up for the first time since Glasgow 2014, having previously won two bronze medals at Manchester 2002, whilst Singapore will make its historic debut in the Para Bowls disciplines at a Commonwealth Games. 

Six nations – Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales – continue their 100% attendance record, having qualified once again through their respective Commonwealth Games Associations. 

The confirmation of the eight nations taking part in Para Bowls at Glasgow 2026 comes in the week that Scotland play Australia in a Test Series.

Pauline Wilson, B6-B8 Pairs Commonwealth champion and member of Glasgow 2026 Athlete Advisory Committee, who is representing Scotland in the series this week, said “Competing at a home Games is a dream come true. The support in Glasgow will be electric and we’re ready to give it everything to defend our titles. The Commonwealth Games has given so many of us a platform to shine and show the world how fantastic our sport can be – and Glasgow 2026 will be no exception.”