Bowls England National Championships (men's junior singles) explained

The men's junior singles is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.^[1]

Venues

• 1975–1982 (Saffrons Club, Eastbourne)
• 1983–1987, 1991–2013 (Worthing Bowls Club, Beach House Park)
• 1988–1990 (Bristol BC)
• 2014–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

• 1980–1987 (Kodak)
• 1988–1990 (Bristol & West Building Society)
• 2023–2024 (Aviva)

Past winners

Year	County	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	Score	Ref
1974	Cornwall		St. Austell	Leicestershire		Belgrave	21–17	^[2]
1975	Leicestershire		Belgrave	Cornwall	David Snell	St Austell	21–19	^[3]
1976	Hampshire		Boscombe Cliff	Hertfordshire	Bob Rodwell	Hatfield	21–20
1977	Leicestershire		Belgrave	Kent		Old Coleians	21–13
1978	Yorkshire	Alec Atkinson	Middlesbrough	Hampshire	David Dunford	RAE	21–19
1979	Somerset	Peter Mattravers	Ilminster	Buckinghamshire	Derek Plater	Aylesbury Town	21–10
1980	Surrey	Graham Spencer	Temple	Hampshire	Russell Kemp	Fleming Park	21-15	^[4]
1981	Gloucestershire	Tony Allcock MBE	Cheltenham	Essex	Keith Blackman	Essex County	21–12
1982	Norfolk	Ian Grady	Gaywood Park	County Durham	David Henley	Palmers	21–10	^[5]
1983	Leicestershire	Andrew Irons	Knighton Victoria	Middlesex	Gerry Smyth	Paddington	21–19
1984	Nottinghamshire		Plessey	Hampshire	Jim Squires	Fleet	21–14	^[6]
1985	Essex	Jeffrey Bates	Falcon	Hertfordshire	John Simmons	Garston	21–8	^[7]
1986	Middlesex	Chris Ackland	Brentham	Oxfordshire	Paul Sharman	Oxford City & County	21–18	^[8]
1987	Suffolk		Marlborough Ipswich	Surrey	Iain Boyle	Weybridge	21–12	^[9]
1988	Yorkshire	Iain Boyle	Bert Keech	Norfolk		Hunstanton	21–15	^[10]
1989	Sussex	Alan Darling	Worthing	Norfolk		Hunstanton	25–24	^[11]
1990	Somerset	Neil Westlake	Winscombe	Buckinghamshire		Gerrards Cross	25–21	^[12]
1991	Middlesex	Barry Jenkins	Hounslow Sports	Devon	Nathan Farrant	Exmouth Madeira	21–12	^[13]
1992	Warwickshire	Stuart Thomas	Blossomfield	Northumberland	Karl Jameson	St. Georges	21–12
1993	Gloucestershire		Cheltenham	Huntingdonshire	Stuart Popple	Parkway	21–13
1994	Bedfordshire	Steven Mead	Dunstable Town	Cumbria	David Baxter	Wigton	21–16
1995	Cambridgeshire	David Bell	Ely Sports & Social	Lancashire	Ian Mayne	Bolton	21–15	^[14]
1996	Lancashire	Jason Parkinson	Bolton	Cornwall	Ian Drew	Stenalees	21–5
1997	Gloucestershire	Neil Chandler	Victory Park	Kent	Clive James	Canterbury	21–6	^[15]
1998	Huntingdonshire		White Hart	County Durham		Silksworth	21–17
1999	Wiltshire		Cooper Avon	Berkshire		Reading	21–7
2000	Surrey	Mark Bishopp	Weybridge	Worcestershire	Dean Hemming	Worcester	21–15	^[16]
2001	Sussex	David Hubbard	Hove and Kingsway	Wiltshire	Russell Francis	Spencer Moulton	21–13
2002	Warwickshire	Simon Gilbert	Avenue Leamington	Lancashire		Acton Bridge	21–18
2003	Bedfordshire	Tom Cawdell	Luton Town	Oxfordshire	Nick Welsh	Rover Cowley	21–18
2004	Northumberland		Northern Electric	Norfolk	Stephen Winter	House on the Green	21–16
2005	Lancashire		Bolton	Sussex	Stuart Holland	Rosemount	2–0* sets
2006	Hertfordshire	Matthew Coppen	Royston	Lancashire		Bolton	2–1* sets
2007	Sussex	Stuart Holland	Rosemount	Devon	Josh Hadfield	Budleigh Salterton	21–12
2008	Sussex	Aaron Sexton	Preston	Dorset	Ben Paulley	Greenhill	21–14
2009	Norfolk		Hunstanton	Huntingdonshire	Tristan Morton	Parkway	21–8
2010	Essex	Mark Nullmeyers	Elm Park	Huntingdonshire	Tristan Morton	White Hart	21–13
2011	Northamptonshire		Northampton West End	Berkshire	Kyle Mallandain	Desborough	21–16
2012	Lincolnshire	Martin Spencer	Royal Mail Cart	Northamptonshire		Northampton West End	21–20
2013	Northamptonshire		Northampton West End	Warwickshire	Liam Pearcey	Rugby	21–15
2014	Dorset		Greenhill	Hertfordshire	Tom Muir	Harpenden	21–11
2015	Cambridgeshire	Jamie Barker	St Neots	Kent		Milton Regis	21–7
2016	Northamptonshire		Northampton West End	Nottinghamshire	Jack Emmerson	Cavaliers	21–2
2017	Isle of Wight	Travis Meller	Shanklin	Berkshire	Bernard Byles	Reading	21–20	^[17]
2018	Norfolk	Dan Mills	County Arts	Lancashire	Anthony Booth-Young	Bolton	21–18	^[18]
2019	Kent	Jason Avery	Folkestone Park	Wiltshire	Tom Newman	Avon	21–11	^[19]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic	^[20]
	Lincolnshire	Jordan Philpott	Royal Mail Cart	Devon		Kings Torquay	21–16
	Warwickshire	Daniel Ellicott	Avenue Leamington	Lancashire	Lloyd Milligan	Heaton Hall	21–20	^[21]
	Herefordshire	Tom Holmes	Ross-on-Wye	Somerset	Oli Collins	Ilminster	21–11	^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
2. News: National bolwing contest . Thanet Times . 17 September 1974 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 22 August 2024.
3. News: Tony Allcock is champion . Leicester Daily Mercury . 2 September 1975 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 26 August 2023.
4. News: Miscellaneous . Diss Express . 12 September 1980 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
5. News: Ian reveals a tough streak . Lynn Advertiser . 3 September 1982 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
6. News: Allan, G. (1984) 'Bowls' . 17 Sep 1984 . The Times . 28 Aug 2023 . 23 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
7. News: 'Bowls' . 16 Sep 1985 . The Times . 28 Aug 2023 . 23 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
8. News: Ackland storms to National title . South Wales Echo . 15 September 1986 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
9. News: Rednall's title . Bury Free Press . 18 September 1987 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
10. News: King pipped . Lynn Advertiser . 16 September 1988 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
11. News: Darling dethrones the King . Newcastle Evening Chronicle . 29 September 1989 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
12. News: Mark out of luck . Mersham Advertiser . 19 September 1990 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
13. News: Champion . Greenford & Northolt Gazette . 23 August 1991 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
14. News: Bell rings out . Birmingham Daily Post . 4 September 1995 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
15. News: Super Jackson battles back to grab England title . Western Daily Press . 18 August 1997 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2023.
16. News: 'For the record' . 21 Aug 2000 . The Times . 28 Aug 2023 . 37 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
17. Web site: 2017 junior results. Bowls England.
18. Web site: 2018 junior results. Bowls England.
19. Web site: 2019 junior results. Bowls England.
20. Web site: Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak. Bowls England.
21. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Bowls England . 3 September 2022.
22. Web site: 2023 National Championships, men's junior singles . Bowls England . 25 August 2023.