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

• 1984–1986 (Hemel Hempstead BC)
• 1987 (Bilton BC, Rugby)
• 1988–1991 (Bath BC)
• 1992–2013 (Worthing Bowls Club, Beach House Park)
• 2014–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

• 1985–1986 (Croxley Script)
• 1988–1990 (Bristol & West Building Society)
• 1992 (The Woolwich)
• 1993 (Sanatogen)
• 2023 (Aviva)

Past winners

Year	County	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	Score	Ref
1984	Devon		Civil Service	Kent	Brian Ward	Livesey Memorial	21–17	^[2]
1985	Devon		Newton Abbot	Suffolk	Roy Cutts	Marlborough Ipswich	21–18	^[3]
1986	Devon		Newton Abbot	Devon	Ron Keating	Plymouth Civil Service	21–10	^[4]
1987	Cornwall	Peter Gilbert	Kensey Vale	Norfolk		Wymondham Dell	21–20	^[5]
1988	Gloucestershire		Cheltenham	Kent		Blackheath & Greenwich	21–6	^[6]
1989	Warwickshire	Ralph Shakespeare	Avenue, Leamington Spa	Yorkshire	Iain Boyle	Bert Keech	25–17	^[7]
1990	Oxfordshire	Mike Bennett	West Witney	Surrey	John Dobson	Egham	25–23	^[8]
1991	Gloucestershire	Tony Allcock MBE	Cheltenham	Devon	John Kelly	Civil Service	21–11	^[9]
1992	Gloucestershire	Tony Allcock MBE	Cheltenham	Cumbria		Wigton	21–20	^[10]
1993	Oxfordshire		Summertown	Wiltshire	Barney Fernandes	Swindon	21–15
1994	Kent	Michael Arnold	Margate	Essex	Mark Christmas	Croydon	21–18
1995	Sussex	Charles Wright	White Rock	County Durham	Hughie Whitehead	Shildon	21–7	^[11]
1996	Northamptonshire	Terry James	Thrapston	Hampshire	Dean Morgan	Boscombe Cliff	21–11
1997	Worcestershire	Arthur Jackson	Broadway	County Durham	Robert Dykes	Roker Marine	21–20	^[12]
1998	Lancashire	Ian Mayne	Acton Bridge	Warwickshire	Andrew Smith	Welford-on-Avon	21–14	^[13]
1999	Devon		Torquay	Nottinghamshire	John Miller	Arnold Park	21–11
2000	Devon		Torquay	Somerset	Jimmy Hobday	West Backwell	21–8	^[14]
2001	Norfolk		Wymondham Dell	Lincolnshire	Nigel Cordy	Cleethorpes	21–13
2002	Northamptonshire	Mick Sharpe	Kingsthorpe	Cumbria		Wigton	21–17
2003	Suffolk		Ipswich	Northamptonshire	Mick Sharpe	Kingsthorpe	21–7
2004	Essex	Steve Pickford	Romford	Norfolk	Brian Taylor	County Arts	21–13
2005	Northamptonshire	Paul Broderick	Wellingborough	Kent	Mike Goord	Eltham	2–0 sets
2006	Hampshire	Leo May	Pyestock	Bedfordshire	Graham White	Meltis 96	2–1 sets
2007	Devon		Kings, Torquay	Buckinghamshire	Raymond Gaskins	Princes Risborough	21–19
2008	Lincolnshire		Perry Sports	Devon		Kings Torquay	21–19
2009	Suffolk	John Rednall	Felixstowe and Suffolk	Worcestershire		Broadway	21–19
2010	Nottinghamshire	David Scott	Cavaliers	Hampshire	Chris Daniels	Boscombe Cliff	21–17
2011	Somerset		Ilminster	Derbyshire		Stute		21–14
2012	Hertfordshire	Matthew Coppen	Royston	Cambridgeshire	Robert Drew	Cambridge & County	21–17
2013	Lincolnshire	Scott Dunham	Carter's Park	Surrey	Duncan Heard	Woodbridge Hill	21–12
2014	Hampshire		Southsea Waverley	Kent	Paul Woolford	Herne Bay	21–14
2015	Northamptonshire		Northampton West End	Hampshire		Southsea Waverley	21–9
2016	Kent		Milton Regis	Devon		Crediton	21–19
2017	Hertfordshire	Glenn Williams	Royston	Wiltshire	Russell Francis	Spencer Moulton	21–17	^[15]
2018	Cornwall	Andrew Broad	St. Stephen	Middlesex	Glen Adams	Hendon	21–18	^[16]
2019	Devon		Kings Torquay	Middlesex	David Pitt	Masonian	21–4	^[17]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic	^[18]
2021	Devon		Culm Vale	Suffolk		Rookery	21–11	^[19]
2022	Kent		Appleyard	Cambridgeshire	Scott Walton	St Neots	21–18	^[20]
2023	Warwickshire	Graham Ashby	Nuneaton	Northumberland	Phil Harvey	St Georges Dragons	21–13	^[21]

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. Web site: results. Bowls England.
16. Web site: 2018 champion of champions. Bowls England.
17. Web site: 2019 champion of champions. Bowls England.
18. Web site: Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak. Bowls England.
19. Web site: Daily Round Up. Bowls England. 28 August 2021.
20. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Bowls England . 8 September 2022.
21. Web site: 2023 National Championships Men's cofc . Bowls England . 15 August 2023.