Bowls England National Championships (mixed pairs) explained

The mixed pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.^{[1] [2]}

Past winners

Year	County	Champions	County	Runners-up	Score	Ref
1985	Leicestershire	Mr & Mrs John Kilyon	Devon	Mary Player & Ian Spreadborough	Unknown
1986	Bedfordshire	June Measures & John McConnell	Wiltshire	Mr & Mrs Mike Trimble	24–19
1987	Northamptonshire	Pat James & Terry James	Hampshire		26–25
1988	Essex	Mrs M. Smith & D. Wakefield	Surrey	Mrs M. Duffy & T. West	27–12
1989	Oxfordshire	Ray Gaskins & Carol Gaskins	Hampshire		22–15
1990	Hampshire		Gloucestershire		23–16
1991	Bedfordshire	Mr & Mrs Gary Smith	Devon	Mr & Mrs P. Day	22–16
1992	Warwickshire	Mr & Mrs Alan Jones	Kent	Mr & Mrs R. Riley	22–21
1993	Hertfordshire	Yvonne Lyons & John Crosby	Gloucestershire	Mrs B. Carey & B. Kilby	26–10
1994	Hampshire	Mr & Mrs C. Bailey	Buckinghamshire	Mr & Mrs Roy Rodgers	21–13
1995	Nottinghamshire	Mrs J. Bailey & Phil Dickens	Norfolk		21–13
1996	Hampshire	Allyson Flint & James Marsland	Nottinghamshire	Enid Adams & Graham Roe	19–18
1997	Middlesex	Sue Bard-Bodek & Ken Allen	Surrey	Carol McGrail & Timothy Orr	29–12
1998	Gloucestershire Oxfordshire	Barbara Prew & Alan Prew	Norfolk	Lynne Whitehead & Ian Wones	18–17
1999	Lancashire	Viv Sayward & Alec Atkinson	Nottinghamshire	Mrs J. Turner & Duncan Robinson	22–10
2000	Dorset	Mr & Mrs John Searle	Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire	Mr & Mrs Ray Gaskins	22–21
2001	Devon	Sue Harriott & William Davis	Middlesex	Janet Walby & Steve Marrett	23–16
2002	Yorkshire		Buckinghamshire Middlesex	Irene Barber & Gerry Smyth	25–18
2003	Buckinghamshire	Mr & Mrs Roy Rodgers	Cumbria	Noreen Fleet & David Gregory	24–22
2004	Northamptonshire	Tina Burgess & Paul Broderick	Dorset	Kitty Mullholland & Calvin Mullholland	31–21
2005	Essex	Rebecca Smith & Allan Seth	Essex	Gail Hunter & Richard Bolton	21–16
2006	Leicestershire	Elaine & Andrew Irons	Somerset	Marilyn Gozna & Terry Barnes	19–18
2007	Northamptonshire	Tina Burgess & Paul Broderick	Yorkshire		17–16
2008	Suffolk		Hampshire	Jean Arnaud & Peter Ward	20–9
2009	Devon	Natalie Melmore & Griff Sanders	Nottinghamshire	Sarah Jenkinson & David Baird	24–8
2010	Wiltshire		Sussex	Sue Willmott & David Richardson	26–14
2011	Lincolnshire		Wiltshire		19–5
2012	Wiltshire		Huntingdonshire	Catherine Popple & Stuart Popple	21–15
2013	Lincolnshire	Annalisa Bellamy & Scott Dunham	Kent		23–9
2014	Leicestershire Northamptonshire		Northamptonshire	Marilyn Gozna & Ian Chapman	22–13
2015	Devon		Hampshire	Julie Hudson & Chris Daniels	26–11
2016	Worcestershire	Amy Stanton & Andy Walters	Essex	Sylvia Bloomfield & Tim Mould	22–12
2017	Worcestershire	Amy Walters & Andy Walters	Essex		20–19
2018	Isle of Wight	Denise Butchers & Martin Butchers	Sussex	Sally Butcher & Mark Royal / Martin Heitzmann (sub)	26–20	^[3]
2019	Wiltshire	Lucy Smith & Mike Titcombe	Sussex	Sara Trotter & Dave Mason	24–8	^[4]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic	^[5]
2021	Essex		Yorkshire		23–5	^[6]
2022	Essex	Sylvia Bloomfield & Paul Smyth	Wiltshire	Jean Collier & Russell Francis	13–11	^[7]
2023	Norfolk	Wayne Willgress & Rebecca Willgress	Worcestershire	Grant Burgess & Maddie Burgess	18–13	^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
2. Web site: Mixed pairs winners. Bowls England.
3. Web site: 2018 mixed pairs results. Bowls England.
4. Web site: 2019 mixed pairs results. Bowls England.
5. Web site: Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak. Bowls England.
6. Web site: CONGRATULATIONS! AGAIN!!. BECBA. 4 September 2021.
7. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Bowls England . 11 September 2022.
8. Web site: 2023 National Championships mixed pairs . Bowls England . 18 August 2023.