The women's fours originally known as the women's rinks is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1] [2]
| Year | Champion | Club | County | Runner-up | Club | County | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Gilchrist, Ethel Tigg Mrs E. M Privett, Mrs S. Holman | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Miss Johnston | Windsor & Eton | Berks | [3] | |
| 1933 | Fry, White Llewelyn, Clara Johns | Cavendish Eastbourne | Sussex | Gilchrist, Ethel Tigg Mrs E. M Privett, Mrs S. Holman | Waddon Residents | Surrey | [4] | |
| 1934 | Fry, White Llewelyn, Clara Johns | Cavendish Eastbourne | Sussex | Mrs Wignall, Miss Biscombe, Mrs Harrington, Mrs E. J. Woodcock | Southbourne & Bournemouth | Hants | [5] | |
| 1935 | Fry, White Llewelyn, Clara Johns | Cavendish Eastbourne | Sussex | Mrs R. C Codd, Mrs Shewan, Mrs Batsford, Mrs Ward | Temple Fortune | Middx | [6] | |
| 1936 | Nash, Foord Tyler, Ling | Preston Park Brighton | Sussex | Mrs Ruffnell, Mrs Spencer Mrs Morton, Mrs Fawcett | Kingston Canbury | Surrey | [7] | |
| 1937 | Mrs Swann, Mrs Reed Mrs West, Miss Wardle | Bloomfield Bath | Somerset | Mrs Fawcett, Mrs Morton Mrs Spencer, Little | Kingston Canbury | Surrey | [8] | |
| 1938 | Mrs L. Sharpe, Allen E. Sharp, Woolridge | Grovelands | Middx | Mrs Elliott, Mrs Shearn, Mrs Burge, Mrs Cale | Beach Park Worthing | Sussex | [9] | |
| 1939 | Holmes, Reader Fulton, Bassett | Hastings & St. Leonards | Sussex | Mrs Carr, Mrs Haywood, Mrs Cumming, Mrs Bott | Western Park | Leics | [10] | |
| 1940–1945 No competition due to war | ||||||||
| 1946 | Mrs S. Holman, Mrs G. F. Barnes Miss Lambert, Louisa King | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Lucy, Drew Dale, Violet Woodhead | Newton Abbot | Devon | [11] | |
| 1947 | Carvell, Benstead Green, Culverhouse | Gunnersbury | Middx | Hooper, Campbell-Dykes Finch, Blick | Maidenhead Town | Bucks & Berks | [12] | |
| 1948 | Mills, Gomm Ainsley, Cale | Beach House | Sussex | Rosetta Capstick, Ireland Carvell, Green | Gunnersbury | Middx | [13] | |
| 1949 | A. Twigger, Hemming Brooks, Barlow | Stoke | Warks | Gill, Gould Marshall, Chandler | South Norwood | Surrey | [14] [15] | |
| 1950 | Lucy, Kerslake Dale, Violet Woodhead | Paignton | Devon | Smythe, Abrams Sievwright, McWilliams | Corby | Surrey | [16] | |
| 1951 | Ena Buckland, Medland Durban, George | South Norwood | Surrey | Florence Stewart, Pocock Roff, Cotes | Misbourne | Berks & Bucks | [17] | |
| 1952 | J. Grievison, A. Nesbit O. Punton, O. Wright | Choppington Welfare | Northumb | Mrs G. Gilchrist, Mrs Pitcher Mrs A. Wrigley, Mrs M. Wright | Burton House | Lincs | [18] | |
| 1953 | Rosetta Capstick, Warfield Carvell, Green | Gunnersbury | Middx | Osbourne, Dickson Dorothy Payne, Matthews | Dorchester | Dorset | [19] | |
| 1954 | Wake, White Wilkinson, Spowart | Cowpen & Crofton | Northumb | Willingham, Powesland Morgan, Hollow | Newton Abbot | Devon | [20] | |
| 1955 | Mrs G. Gilchrist, Mrs Pitcher Mrs A. Wrigley, Mrs M. Wright | Burton House | Lincs | Mrs L. Stain, Mrs D. Hatton Mrs P. Silcock, Mrs K. Orgill | Blidworth Colliery | Notts | [21] | |
| 1956 | I Linney, H J Cockney T C Purkiss, W Jackson | Wimbledon Park | Surrey | E Vellere, E Grant R Dibble, Roma Townsend | Tally Ho | Warks | [22] | |
| 1957 | D Vincent, S Lucas Florrie Wilson, A V Webster | Hastings & St. Leonards | Sussex | D Helliker, V Bright E Johnson, A Fisher | Pageant | Glocs | [23] | |
| 1958 | H Delnevo, D Turner Venora Stew, M Lynn | City & County | Oxon | N Malia, Ivy Todd Lorna Shields, Ella Johnston | Exhibition Park | Northumb | [24] | |
| 1959 | E Turner, A Welshman L E Slater, R M B Robertson | Muswell Hill | Middx | L Cawson, N Horlock P Mortimer, M E Quick | Newton Abbot | Devon | [25] | |
| 1960 | L Garrod, E Marjoram R Sayer, Mary Smith | Kensington Gardens | Suffolk | F A Morgan, E M Fookes E F Wilson, V Doyle | Hastings & St. Leonards | Sussex | [26] | |
| 1961 | Mary Riddlestone, Dorothy Panks Mary Williams, Hilda Rule | Boxford | Suffolk | H Hopkins, O Marshall E Frost, Ena Buckland | South Norwood | Surrey | [27] | |
| 1962 | Winifred Hall, F Churcher E McCrae, W Lambert | Culver Stanmore | Middx | R Lawford, S Waters Doreen Clark, M Astle | Lakeside | Notts | [28] | |
| 1963 | Watling | Middx | M Green, Jeanette Webber Joan Colley, I Hill | Torbay | Devon | [29] | ||
| 1964 | G Sharp, B Needham, M Watchorn, E Wrigley | Burton House | Lincs | E Robertson, I Smallbone J Riely, D King | Broadway | Worcs | [30] | |
| 1965 | M Sansom, M Ashdown E Swain, M Young | Luton Town | Beds | E Dodge, I Scott N Denny, O Freeman | Felixstowe & Suffolk | Suffolk | [31] | |
| 1966 | F Rudkin, I Jones I L Jones, C Hornsby | South Woodford | Essex | M Ashton, N Wildbore M Cox, S Clarke | Enderby | Leics | [32] | |
| 1967 | S Mulhern, M Barnston D Hills, M Kinnersley | Morpeth | Northumb | I Power, E Salter E Lockington, M Wadsworth | Egham | Surrey | [33] | |
| 1968 | E Wright, E Easton R Young, Evelyn Bryant | Bournemouth | Hants | V Easton, M Baxter E Haile, Eleanor Routledge | Silloth | Cumb | [34] | |
| 1969 | Watling | Middx | R Jamieson, H W Warner V D Roche, E Steventon | Florence Park | Oxon | [35] | ||
| 1970 | P Woodhouse, B Marigold M Albery, E Smith | Homefield Park | Sussex | K Lee, P Briggs B Coombs, I Mouland | Moordown | Hants | [36] | |
| 1971 | E Robertson, M Clifford L Turner, A Gould | Hook & Southborough | Surrey | I Young, E Pink M Dunn, M Cross | Den Teignmouth | Devon | [37] | |
| 1972 | T Bates, R Steels N Johnson, M Wright | Burton House | Lincs | M Jones, W Morgan I Crew, F Wright | Redland | Glocs | [38] | |
| 1973 | M Chiltern, G Hopkinson L Ward, D Francis | Cornfield Road | Yorks | D McNair, J Williamson J Catterall, C Pilkington | Heaton Hall | Lancs | [39] | |
| 1974 | Audrey Neal, D Redgrave Betty Annison, Jean Youngs | County Arts | Norfolk | Oxford City & County | Oxon | [40] | ||
| 1975 | A Edginton, A Lee E Greaves, Edna Harris | Goodwood | Leics | E James, D Cook M Ruskin, M Rich | Moordown | Hants | [41] | |
| 1976 | E Moore, A Jones M Gibson, G Marlow | Blackpool | Lancs | A Townsend, M McVittie Chris Wessier, Jean Valls | Raynes Park | Surrey | [42] | |
| 1977 | B Johnson, M Clark M Burnett, Norma Shaw | Ropner Park | Durham | Gwen Bryan, Cath Steele Ann Cockayne, Claire Reynolds | Waverley | Notts | [43] | |
| 1978 | Anita Kaye, D Walsh Helen Allsop, Alice Steventon | Torbay County | Devon | Bernice Trafford, Pamela Allison Margaret Lockwood, Irene Molyneux | Oxford City & County | Oxon | [44] | |
| 1979 | Pat Davies, Eileen Rolf Joan Moffett, Eve Bruntnell | Leominster | Herefords | Oxford City & County | Oxon | [45] | ||
| 1980 | Daphne Kennedy, Doreen Williams Margaret Amos, Win Doubleday | Canterbury | Kent | Helston | Cornwall | [46] | ||
| 1981 | Wendy Clarke, E Hicks C Croad, Enid Fairhall | Southampton | Hants | Kate Exton, Marion Jackson Joan Ayliff, June Fowler | Bourne | Lincs | [47] | |
| 1982 | Broomfield | Middx | M Shepherd, E Norris N Halse, M Halse | Lammas | Middx | [48] | ||
| 1983 | Pamela Gill, Valerie Chapman Sybil Symonds, Margaret Doggett | County Arts | Norfolk | Ropner Park | Durham | [49] | ||
| 1984 | Ann Anderson, Rene Gordon Mary Burdess, Edna Wailes | Woodland | Durham | J Tiner, J Hennessey J Downer, A Taylor | Guildford | Surrey | [50] | |
| 1985 | Cromer Marrams | Norfolk | A Roxton, G Williams I Foote, S White | Edmonton | Middx | [51] | ||
| 1986 | Oxford City & County | Oxon | J Curgenven, P Clarke M Venn, M Robertson | Tiverton Borough | Devon | [52] | ||
| 1987 | Eileen Vigor, Marjorie Salter Muriel Kelly, Pam Ward | Croydon | Surrey | I Glover, S Butler J Burbage, J Armstrong | Edenside | Cumbria | [53] | |
| 1988 | M Norris, Wyn Sowerby M Bray, Margaret Heggie | Edenside | Cumbria | M Zimmoch, E Coultas J Chelin, P Napier | Bert Keech | Yorks | [54] | |
| 1989 | Hazel Dobbs, Marjorie Curtis Jo Hardy, Diana Whittingham | Kingsway Hove | Sussex | Norma May, Janet Smith Sylvia Coak, Vera Ireland | West Cornwall | Cornwall | [55] | |
| 1990 | Sheila Turner, Jill Gush Carol Waters, Betty Mackerness | Starcross | Devon | Brenda Wills, Sue Bagshaw Gill Fitzgerald, Mavis Buckby | Kettering | Northants | [56] | |
| 1991 | Ann Foxton, Gwen Williams Ina Foote, Sheila White | Edmonton | Middx | Mary Taylor, S Cowcher Margaret Fellows, Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | [57] | |
| 1992 | Ann Harrison, Joan Heath Rita Vane, Ann Smith | Kearnsey | Kent | Susan Mart, Barbara Clark Jackie Bailey, Gladys Hofton | Players | Notts | [58] | |
| 1993 | Jean Chudley, R Pittman I Porter, R Peters | Broadstone | Dorset | Sandra Lake, Vera Bence Sue Falconer, Joan Abel | Wellingborough | Northants | [59] | |
| 1994 | Sarah Newson, Valerie Newson Mandy Brundle, Catherine Anton | Peterborough & Dis | Hunts | Jackie Turner, Ann Parker Sheila Keeling, Brenda Atherton | Carlton Conway | Notts | [60] | |
| 1995 | Dawn Chittock, Hilda Hines Ann Cox, Lynne Thelwell | Marlow | Bucks | Maureen Barker, Jean Baker Jean Thomson, Glennis Haines | Blackwell | Derbys | [61] | |
| 1996 | Norma Beales, Sheila O'Hara Jan Millard, Mary Price | Burnham | Bucks | Nora Hall, Margaret Leggett Christine Gowshall, Amy Gowshall | Park Avenue | Lincs | [62] | |
| 1997 | Maureen Barker, Jean Baker Jean Thompson, Glennis Haines | Blackwell | Derbys | Jean Meneely, J Atyed Freda Linberry, Wendy Davies | Field Place Worthing | Sussex | [63] | |
| 1998 | Marlene Kemp, Margaret Payle Marion Collins, Pat Sutton | Atherley | Hants | Jane Herbert, Sheila Reed Pam Turner, Joyce Needham | Western Park | Leics | [64] | |
| 1999 | Moreen Sellars, Rose Rowsell Sybil Bisset, Margaret Dyer | Clevedon Promenade | Somerset | Elisa Simmons, Sue Jordan-Smith Pat Lawrence, Norma Hazzeldine | Long Eaton Silver Band | Derbys | [65] | |
| 2000 | Ann Haywood, Rose Castle Gill Carver, Shirley Page | Baldock | Herts | Audrey Mainwaring, Lesley Storer Carol Penson, Irene Molyneux | Oxford City & County | Oxon | [66] | |
| 2001 | Sue Roach, Barbara Rowie Olive Polglase, Margaret Warren | Portleven | Cornwall | Eileen Perry, Lin Wright Pat Rogers, Sue Sprigell | Chesham | Bucks | [67] | |
| 2002 | Margaret Robson, Maureen Gowland Edna Stokoe, Gillian Jones | Consett Park | Durham | Gwen Daniels, Liz Swadling Pat Jose, Judith Reynolds | Penryn | Cornwall | [68] | |
| 2003 | Emma Thurston, Mary Malton Wendy Lutkin, Pat Reynolds | Whittlesey Manor | Hunts | Inger Newman, Pam Garden Irene Jenkins, Doreen Hankin | Egham | Surrey | [69] | |
| 2004 | Sarah Newson, Doris Flowers Val Newson, Catherine Popple | Peterborough | Hunts | Vaunder Lee, Barbara Pendrich Cynthia Perrin, Joyce Hadfield | Newquay Trenance | Cornwall | [70] | |
| 2005 | Inger Newman, Pam Garden Kath Strutt, Pat Launders | Egham | Surrey | Dot Kennelly, Sue Taylor Sue Tomlinson, Carol Instone | Dunnington | Yorks | [71] | |
| 2006 | Lynne Whitehead, Pauline Marples Jean Baker, Pat Oliver | Blackwell | Derbys | Jean Drury, Lois Kirkwood Mary Bryan, June Hartley | Nafferton | Yorks | [72] | |
| 2007 | Sarah Newson, Julie Masters Val Newson, Catherine Popple | Peterborough | Hunts | Zelma French, Jill Nicholson Elizabeth Tunn, Brenda Brown | Colchester West End | Essex | [73] | |
| 2008 | Ann Warrington, Rosemarie Hilton Sheron Mitchell & Carole Cuell | Croydon | Surrey | Anne Haywood, Heather Stapleford Rosie Castle & Shirley Page | Baldock | Herts | [74] | |
| 2009 | Peterborough & Dis | Hunts | Daphne Anderson, Bridget Collins Wendy Adams & April Janman | Chichester Priory | Sussex | |||
| 2010 | Carole Andrews, Sandra Maguire Rose Lewis & Brenda Atherton | Forest Oaks | Notts | Shirley Dutton, Marion Evans Nell Westlake & Lilian Holliday | Wokingham | Berks | ||
| 2011 | Tracey Dent, Kirsty Burnett‐Cox Christine Gowshall & Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincs | Margaret Watts, Veronica Gribble Rebecca Wigfield & Sharon Hall | Desborough Town | Northants | ||
| 2012 | Pa Walker, Jan Everitt Jennie Groves & Diane Hurst | Birstall | Leics | Kirsty Richards, Pat Humpage Ruth Phillips & Sandra Smith | Bournville | Warks | ||
| 2013 | Sheila Seddon, Zoe Hollins Gill Platt & Caroline Stevens | Milford | Surrey | Val Molton, Pat Baker Pam Salvage & Sue Osborne | Kingswood & Hanham | Glocs | ||
| 2014 | Myra Lewis, Donna Knight Gail Gilkes & Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxon | Maggie Edwards, Jasmin Spear Yvonne McKee & Brenda Bishop | Kingsthorpe | Northants | ||
| 2015 | Margaret Watts, Jeannie Flippance Katie Smith & Rebecca Wigfield | Desborough Town | Northants | Chris Thomas, Jenny Goodman Kathy Green & Brenda Davies | Hurstpierpoint | Sussex | ||
| 2016 | Doreen Hankin, Glenda Dexter Norma Beales & Pauline Clarke | Egham | Surrey | Rebecca Field, Carole Baker Harriett Segasby & Jackie Devitt | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | ||
| 2017 | Cathy Taylor, Nadine Mullins Jean Staples & Ann Halliday | Cambridge Park | Middx | Dee Moores, Elisabeth Anderson Shan Maylin & Debbie Souter | Southey | Surrey | ||
| 2018 | Sophie Tolchard, Kelly Atkinson Lorraine Hackett & Natalie Chestney | Kings Torquay | Devon | Emily Ferguson, Sandy Hazell Wendy King & Sian Honnor | UK Paper | Kent | [75] | |
| 2019 | Lauren Hackett, Hayley James Emma Cooper & Harriet Stevens | Kings Torquay | Devon | Steph Pinson, Sandie Smith Bridget Hodder & Penny Cresswell | Poole Park | Dorset | [76] [77] | |
| 2020 No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [78] | |||||||
| 2021 | Hayley Kenny, Michelle Squires Serena Madgewick & Rebecca Smith | Clockhouse | Essex | Louise Williams, Brenda Benney Nicola Ellis & Frances Phillips | Helston | Cornwall | [79] | |
| 2022 | Helen Butler, Louise Whyers Penny Strong, Annalisa Dunham & Pearl Flowers | Carters Park | Lincs | Donna Knight, Carol Gaskins Katherine Hawes & Lorraine Kuhler | Oxford City & County | Oxon | [80] | |
| 2023 | Jemma Tuohy, Yasmina Hasan Elizabeth Anderson & Debbie Souter | Egham | Surrey | Sally Gilbert, Angela Service Helen Moore & Lynn Orlando | Didcot | Berks | [81] | |
| 2024 | Michelle Meadowcroft, Ellie Hamblett Emily Kernick & Kirsty Richards | Royal Leamington Spa | Warks | Sara George, Jacquil Branfield Laura Holden & Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Som | [82] |