Bowls England National Championships (women's pairs)

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)
  • 1975–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors edit

Past winners edit

Year Champion Club County Runner-up Club County Ref
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]

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