Bowls England National Championships (men's champion of champions) explained

The men's champion of champions is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]

Venues

Sponsors

Past winners

YearChampionClubCountyRunner-upClubCountyScoreRef
1984 Civil ServiceDevon Brian WardLivesey MemorialKent 21–17[2]
1985 Newton AbbotDevon Roy Cutts Marlborough IpswichSuffolk 21–18[3]
1986 Newton AbbotDevon Ron Keating Plymouth Civil ServiceDevon 21–10[4]
1987 Peter Gilbert Kensey ValeCornwall Wymondham DellNorfolk 21–20[5]
1988Cheltenham Glocs Blackheath & GreenwichKent 21–6[6]
1989Ralph Shakespeare Avenue, Leamington Spa WarksIain Boyle Bert Keech Yorks 25–17[7]
1990Mike Bennett West Witney Oxon John DobsonEghamSurrey 25–23[8]
1991 Tony Allcock MBE CheltenhamGlocs John Kelly Civil ServiceDevon 21–11[9]
1992 Tony Allcock MBE CheltenhamGlocs WigtonCumbria 21–20[10]
1993 SummertownOxon Barney Fernandes SwindonWilts 21–15
1994 Michael Arnold MargateKent Mark Christmas CroydonEssex 21–18
1995 Charles Wright White RockSussex Hughie Whitehead Shildon Durham21–7[11]
1996 Terry JamesThrapstonNorthants Dean Morgan Boscombe CliffHants 21–11
1997 Arthur Jackson BroadwayWorcs Robert Dykes Roker Marine Durham 21–20[12]
1998Ian Mayne Acton BridgeLancs Andrew Smith Welford-on-AvonWarks 21–14[13]
1999 TorquayDevon John Miller Arnold ParkNotts 21–11
2000TorquayDevon Jimmy Hobday West BackwellSom 21–8[14] [15]
2001 Wymondham DellNorfolk Nigel Cordy CleethorpesLincs 21–13
2002 Mick Sharpe KingsthorpeNorthants WigtonCumbria 21–17
2003 IpswichSuffolk Mick Sharpe KingsthorpeNorthants 21–7
2004Steve Pickford RomfordEssex Brian Taylor County ArtsNorfolk 21–13
2005 Paul BroderickWellingboroughKent Mike Goord ElthamNorthants 2–0 sets
2006 Leo May PyestockHants Graham White Meltis 96 Beds2–1 sets
2007 Kings, TorquayDevon Raymond Gaskins Princes Risborough Bucks 21–19
2008 Perry SportsLincs Kings Torquay Devon 21–19
2009John RednallFelixstowe & SuffolkSuffolk Broadway Worcs 21–19
2010 David Scott CavaliersNotts Chris Daniels Boscombe Cliff Hants 21–17
2011 IlminsterSom StuteDerbys 21–14
2012 Matthew Coppen RoystonHerts Robert Drew Cambridge & County Cambs 21–17
2013Scott Dunham Carter's Park Lincs Duncan Heard Woodbridge Hill Surrey 21–12
2014Southsea WaverleyHants Paul Woolford Herne Bay Kent 21–14
2015 Northampton West EndNorthants Southsea WaverleyHants 21–9
2016 Milton RegisKent Crediton Devon 21–19
2017 Glenn Williams RoystonHerts Russell Francis Spencer Moulton Wilts21–17[16]
2018 Andrew Broad St. StephenCornwall Glen Adams Hendon Middx21–18[17]
2019Kings TorquayDevon David Pitt MasonianMiddx 21–4[18]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[19]
Culm ValeDevon RookerySuffolk 21–11[20]
AppleyardKent Scott Walton St NeotsCambs 21–18[21]
2023Graham Ashby NuneatonWarksPhil Harvey St Georges DragonsNorthumb21–13[22]
2024Joe DawsonKingscroftLeicsAdam BarkerSt NeotsCambs21–14[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
  2. News: Taxman's windfall . Nottingham Evening Post . 3 September 1984 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  3. News: 'Sports in Brief' (1985) . 2 Sep 1985 . The Times . 23 Aug 2023 . 22 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  4. News: Hobart bowled out . Lincolnshire Echo . 1 September 1986 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  5. News: Rugby bowler's champion look . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 30 August 1987 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  6. News: Tony turns on that title magic . Western Daily Press . 29 August 1988 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  7. News: Branfield in Shakespeare tragedy . Clevedon Mercury . 7 September 1989 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  8. News: Sports World . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo . 3 September 1990 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  9. News: Champion Allcock shows why he's best . Western Daily Press . 2 September 1991 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  10. News: Tony's triumph . Bristol Evening Post . 7 September 1992 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  11. News: The Wright style . Cambridge Daily News. 21 August 1995 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2023.
  12. News: Jones, D.R. (1997) 'Price fights back to keep title' . 18 Aug 1997 . The Times . 23 Aug 2023 . 24 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  13. News: 'For the Record' (1998) . 17 Aug 1998 . The Times . 23 Aug 2023 . 38 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  14. News: 'For the Record' . 21 Aug 2000 . The Times . 23 Aug 2023 . 37 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
  15. News: Bishopp blessed with singles title . Worthing Herald . 31 August 2000 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 26 August 2024.
  16. Web site: results. Bowls England.
  17. Web site: 2018 champion of champions. Bowls England.
  18. Web site: 2019 champion of champions. Bowls England.
  19. Web site: Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak. Bowls England.
  20. Web site: Daily Round Up. Bowls England. 28 August 2021.
  21. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Bowls England . 8 September 2022.
  22. Web site: 2023 National Championships Men's cofc . Bowls England . 15 August 2023.
  23. Web site: 2024 National Championships Men's cofc . Bowls England . 26 August 2024.

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