Bowls England National Championships (women's pairs)
Appearance
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English National Bowls Championships | ||
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Men elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Women elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Men junior | singles | pairs |
Women junior | singles | pairs |
Men senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Women senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Men team | Middleton | Balcomb |
WhiteRose | TopClub | |
2Fours | ||
Women team | Johns | Walker |
AmyRose | TopClub | |
Mixed | Pairs | Fours |
The women's pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1][2]
Venues
[edit]- 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club)
- 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club)
- 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing)
- 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
- 1975–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)
Sponsors
[edit]- 1981–1985 (Lombard)
- 1986–1993 (Liverpool Victoria)
- 1994–1996 (Double Century Sherry)
- 2000, 2002–2004 (National Express)
- 2001–2001 (Steradent)
- 2023–2024 (Aviva)
Past winners
[edit]Year | Champion | Club | County | Runner-up | Club | County | Ref |
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1932 | Mrs Roberts & Mrs Craxford | Southgate | Middlesex | & | |||
1933 | Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Fry & Clara Johns | Cavendish Eastbourne | Sussex | [3] |
1934 | Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Miss Meill & Mrs Woodcock | Southbourne | Sussex | [4] |
1935 | Mrs Hopwell & Mrs Palmer | Hilly Fields | Kent | Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick | Newton Abbot | Devon | [5] |
1936 | Mrs Merralls & Mrs Hallett | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan | Temple Fortune | Middlesex | [6] |
1937 | Louisa King & Mrs E. M. Privett | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick | Newton Abbot | Devon | [7] |
1938 | Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick | Newton Abbot | Devon | Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan | Temple Fortune | Middlesex | [8] |
1939 | Mrs Graham & Madge Haynes | Rosehill | Surrey | Mrs Thornberry & Mrs Cordell | New Milton | Hampshire | [9] |
1940–1945 No competition due to war | |||||||
1946 | Mrs C. D. Franklin & Mrs Mew | Motspur Park | Surrey | Mrs W. Harris & Mrs J. Barnwell | Bilton Road | Warwicks | [10] |
1947 | Mrs Monkcom & Mrs Stoat | Ilford | Essex | Mrs F.J. Pearce & Mrs C. Read | Lymington | Hampshire | [11] |
1948 | Mrs E. Joyes & Mrs D. Coleman | Sheen | Surrey | Mrs Chamberlain & Mrs Reeves | White Hall | Essex | [12] |
1949 | Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Mrs Horne & Mrs Houghton | Southampton | Hampshire | [13] |
1950 | Mrs F. N. Dickinson & Mrs A. Broughton | Sidmouth | Devon | Mrs Crawford & Mrs Bell | Horden Welfare | Durham | [14] |
1951 | Mrs C. Gipson & Louisa Coxall | Sittingbourne | Kent | Mrs D. Coleman & Mrs E. Joyes | Sheen | Surrey | [15] |
1952 | Olive Tomblin & Mrs M. Bannister | Racecourse Northampton | Northants | Maude Ford & Ellen Whyte-Rickard | Moorsdown | Hants | [16] |
1953 | Marjorie Colley & Joan Colley | Torbay | Devon | Elsie Baldwin & Florence Smith | Avenue Leamington | Warwicks | [17] |
1954 | Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Elsie Cornish & Mable Damon | Strawberry Hill | Middlesex | [18] |
1955 | Kathleen McDowall & Mrs Hallatt | Redland | Gloucs | Ada Casewell & Annie Beath | Zetland Park | Yorks | [19] |
1956 | Mrs R. Evans & Mrs L. Johnson | Folkestone Park | Kent | Mrs F Turner & Miss R Mattock | Nailsworth | Gloucs | [20] |
1957 | Mrs M D Munn & Mrs H R Gibson | Loxford | Essex | Mrs B Herbert & Mrs E Clarke | Oadby | Leics | [21] |
1958 | Mrs M Goodman & E Youldon | Tavistock, Sir Francis Drake | Devon | Mrs A Welshman & R M B Robertson | Muswell Hill | Middlesex | |
1959 | Dorothy Winterburn & Lena Careswell | Hornsey | Middlesex | Molly Butters & Peggy Spowart | Cowpen & Crofton | Northumberland | [22] |
1960 | Lilian Bufton & Minnie Powell | Tally Ho | Warwicks | Monica Astle & Doreen Clark | Lakeside | Notts | [23] |
1961 | Jess Freeman & Ethel Wilson | Kettering | Northants | Mrs C Bloomfield & K Hassell | Scunthorpe | Lincs | |
1962 | Mrs F A Morgan & V C Boyle | Hastings & St Leonards | Sussex | Mrs V Broome & M Noyes | Island Bohemian | Berks | |
1963 | Mrs L Stewart & K Fairbairn | Banister Park | Hampshire | Mrs A Turnbull & M Wainwright | Beech Park | Surrey | [24] |
1964 | Violet Stevens & Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Ivy Kelly & Winnie Hollow | Newton Abbott | Devon | [25] |
1965 | Eleanor Routledge & Lily Wise | Silloth | Cumberland | Winifred Smith & Daphne Leese | Pymm | Middlesex | |
1966 | Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey | Phyllis Angove & Edith Ferry | Newquay | Cornwall | [26] |
1967 | Mrs F Lewis & M Pickvance | Sun | Herts | Ada Watson & Margaret Morrison | West Bridgford | Notts | |
1968 | Mrs R. Crutchley & Mrs I. Oliver | Danson Park | Kent | Mrs H. Welch & Mrs E. Bridgewater | Zetland Park | Yorkshire | [27] |
1969 | Mrs D Barclay & F E Jarvis | Northdown | Kent | Mrs E Knight & M Rice | Peterborough | Northants | [28] |
1970 | Mrs B Tregonning & Daphne Leese | Hornsey | Middlesex | Mrs E Carter & D Lower | Hurstpierpoint | Sussex | [29] |
1971 | Mary Bartlett & Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Mrs R Hanger & A Wright | Kettering Services | Northants | [30] |
1972 | Mrs M Light & L Parkhurst | Hampshire | Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey | [31] | |
1973 | Betty Norbury & Ivy Burns | Avenue | Warwicks | Mrs H Garner & T Barton | South Norwood | Surrey | |
1974 | Mrs P Mortimer & Winnie Hollow | Newton Abbot | Devon | Mrs D Sands & Esther Stanberry | Spalding Castle | Lincolnshire | |
1975 | Joan Hunt & Betty Taylor | Atherley | Hampshire | Alice Bates & Jean Allcock | Goodwood | Leicestershire | [32] |
1976 | Margaret Lockwood & Irene Molyneux | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Jean Valls & Chris Wessier | Raynes Park | Surrey | |
1977 | Evelyn Scorer & Ethel Rutherford | Whitley | Northumberland | Elsie Clempson & Peggy Nash | Wendover | Bucks | [33] |
1978 | Anne Pascoe & Gloria Thomas | Helston | Cornwall | Wynne Anderson & Joan Sparkes | Central Park | Essex | [34] |
1979 | Anita Kaye & Alice Steventon | Torbay | Devon | Mrs B Hall & G Lamb | Edmonton | Middlesex | |
1980 | Mary Burnett & Norma Shaw | Stockton | Durham | Doris Etchells & Margaret Allan | Courtfield Carlisle | Cumbria | [35] |
1981 | Sophia Simmons & Iris Smith | Watford | Herts | Mary Pepper & Joan Curtis | Yatton | Somerset | |
1982 | Chris Wessier & Jean Valls | Raynes Park | Surrey | Wendy Clarke & Enid Fairhall | Southampton | Hampshire | [36] |
1983 | Chris Wessier & Jean Valls | Raynes Park | Surrey | Sally Batchelor & Kathy Coles | Falcon Chelmsford | Essex | [37] |
1984 | Anne Pascoe & Eileen Perrett | Plymouth Hoe | Devon | Pam Davies & Joy Adamson | Croydon | Surrey | [38] |
1985 | Dorothy Lewis & Pip Green | Oadby | Leicestershire | Vera Booth & Maureen Timms | Whitnash | Warwickshire | [39] |
1986 | Freda Brown & Gladys Lye | Townsend | Herts | Mary Brill & Sheila Jones | Bridport | Dorset | [40] |
1987 | Pamela Hood & Betty Annison | Norwich | Norfolk | Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw | Stockton | Durham | |
1988 | Margaret Elliott & Mavis Wellington | Kingsbridge | Devon | Sylvia Francis & Mary Atkinson | Broomfield | Middlesex | [41] |
1989 | Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw | Stockton | Durham | Hilary Cooke & Jean Pindar | Springfield Park | Yorkshire | |
1990 | Maureen Christmas & Jenny Tunbridge | Chesterton | Cambridgeshire | Margaret Bonsor & Jean Baker | Alfreton | Derbyshire | [42] |
1991 | Dora Farman & Joan Campbell | Tonbridge | Kent | Jackie Turner & Brenda Atherton | Carlton Conway | Notts | [43] |
1992 | Joyce Morgan & June Larter | Chesterton | Cambridgeshire | Anita de-Meza & Jan Stern | Harrow | Middlesex | [44] |
1993 | June Boosey & Kay Havord | Hatfield | Herts | Ann Dennis & Carol Branchett | Milton Regis | Kent | [45] |
1994 | Joan Carpenter & Rhona Darling | Portsmouth | Hants | Mabel Hodge & Jan Stern | Northolt | Middlesex | [46] |
1995 | Norma Beales & Mary Price | Burnham | Bucks | Jenny Moore & Wendy Barnard | Brixham | Devon | [47] |
1996 | Gail Fitzgerald & Audrey Moore | Haynes Park Hornchurch | Essex | Sheila Jones & Sue Hawkesworth | Bridport | Dorset | [48] |
1997 | Ann Beale & Carol Duckworth | Braintree | Essex | Deborah Healey & Sharon Rickman | Raynes Park | Surrey | [49] |
1998 | Maureen Monkton & Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | Helen Tuohy & Pat Launders | Shepherd's Bush | Middlesex | [50] |
1999 | Jean Morris & Jill Edson | Park | Lincolnshire | Pam Davis & Joy Adamson | Croydon | Essex | [51] |
2000 | Pauline Morgan & Sue Lagdon | Minehead | Somerset | Mary Taylor & Kay Kerley | Oakley | Hampshire | [52] |
2001 | Audrey Stephens & Chris Grigg | Bournvill | Warwickshire | Rosemary Spetch & Wendy Hardy | Poole Park | Dorset | [53] |
2002 | Linda Smith & Tracy Powell | Leominster | Herefordshire | Brenda Brown & Liz Tunn | Colchester | Essex | [54] |
2003 | Jennie Groves & Jane Baxter-Avison | Arnold Park | Nottinghamshire | Kim Smith & Pat McCumiskey | Purley Bury | Surrey | |
2004 | Jean Simmons & Maureen Tims | Leamington Spa | Warwickshire | Ann Parker & Sylvia Offler | Forest Oaks | Nottinghamshire | [55] |
2005 | Sarah Newsom & Catherine Popple | Peterborough | Huntingdonshire | Wendy King & Sandy Hazell | Milton Regis | Kent | [56] |
2006 | Val Osmond & Sue Latham | Ardagh | Gloucestershire | Linda Smith & Tracy Powell | Leominster | Herefordshire | |
2007 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | City of Ely | Cambridgeshire | Jane Baldwin & Michelle Barlow | St Ives | Huntingdonshire | [57] |
2008 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | City of Ely | Cambridgeshire | Ruth Rogers & Natalie Melmore | Kings Torquay | Devon | [58] |
2009 | Lynne Bowen & Jean Baker | Blackwell | Derbyshire | Rosemary Addison & Jayne Christie | St Neots | Cambridgeshire | [58] |
2010 | Oriole Hocking & Sandra Parker | Silloth | Cumbria | Sharon Kitchener & Sally Butcher | Felixstowe & Suffolk | Suffolk | [58] |
2011 | Christine Gowshall & Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | Hannah Overton & Michelle Barlow | Whittlesey Manor | Huntingdonshire | [58] |
2012 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | St Neots | Cambridgeshire | Katherine Rednall & Margaret Insley | Felixstowe & Suffolk | Suffolk | [58] |
2013 | Rosemary Corney & Brenda Plumpton | Alton Social | Hampshire | Lynne Bowen & Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcestershire | [58] |
2014 | Lynda Smith & Tracey Powell | Leominster | Herefordshire | Sophie Tolchard & Natalie Melmore | Kings Torquay | Devon | [58] |
2015 | Donna Knight & Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Linda Churchman & Cheryl Salisbury | Littleport | Cambridgeshire | [58] |
2016 | Sophie Tolchard & Natalie Chestney | Kings Torquay | Devon | Cassidy Lenton & Harriet Stevens | Kings Torquay | Devon | [58] |
2017 | Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner | Littleport | Cambridgeshire | Sue Cooke & Alex Jacobs | Box | Wiltshire | [59] |
2018 | Suzanne Cotton & Diana Jones | Kingston | Yorkshire | Hazel Marke & Margaret Holden | Alton Social | Hampshire | [60] |
2019 | Sheila Plaskitt & Penny Strong | Dunholme | Lincolnshire | Emma Cooper & Natalie Chestney | Kings Torquay | Devon | [61] |
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | [62] | ||||||
2021 | Katy Smith & Lucy Smith | Westlecot | Wiltshire | Margaret Smith & Sharmishta Patel | Sutton | Surrey | [63] |
2022 | Sophie Tolchard & Harriet Stevens | Kings Torquay | Devon | Tracey Johnson & Joanne Rowe | Borough of Eye | Suffolk | [64] |
2023 | Carol Gaskins & Donna Grant | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Gill Grantham & Alison Spreadborough | Sir Francis Drake | Devon | [65] |
2024 |
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