Bowls England National Championships (women's pairs) explained

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

Venues

• 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club)
• 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club)
• 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing)
• 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
• 1975–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

• 1981–1985 (Lombard)
• 1986–1993 (Liverpool Victoria)
• 1994–1996 (Double Century Sherry)
• 2000, 2002–2004 (National Express)
• 2001–2001 (Steradent)
• 2023–2023 (Aviva)

Past winners

Year	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	County	Ref
1932	Mrs Roberts & Mrs Craxford	Southgate	Middlesex	&
1933	Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg	Waddon Residents	Surrey	Mrs Fry & Clara Johns	Cavendish Eastbourne	Sussex	^[3]
1934	Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel Tigg	Waddon Residents	Surrey	Miss Meill & Mrs Woodcock	Southbourne	Sussex	^[4]
1935	Mrs Hopwell & Mrs Palmer	Hilly Fields	Kent	Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick	Newton Abbot	Devon	^[5]
1936	Mrs Merralls & Mrs Hallett	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan	Temple Fortune	Middlesex	^[6]
1937	Louisa King & Mrs E. M. Privett	Waddon Residents	Surrey	Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick	Newton Abbot	Devon	^[7]
1938	Violet Howard & Mrs M E Quick	Newton Abbot	Devon	Mrs Batsford & Mrs Shewan	Temple Fortune	Middlesex	^[8]
1939	Mrs Graham & Madge Haynes	Rosehill	Surrey	Mrs Thornberry & Mrs Cordell	New Milton	Hampshire	^[9]
1940–1945 No competition due to war
1946	Mrs C. D. Franklin & Mrs Mew	Motspur Park	Surrey	Mrs W. Harris & Mrs J. Barnwell	Bilton Road	Warwicks	^[10]
1947	Mrs Monkcom & Mrs Stoat	Ilford	Essex	Mrs F.J. Pearce & Mrs C. Read	Lymington	Hampshire	^[11]
1948	Mrs E. Joyes & Mrs D. Coleman	Sheen	Surrey	Mrs Chamberlain & Mrs Reeves	White Hall	Essex	^[12]
1949	Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes	Salisbury	Wiltshire	Mrs Horne & Mrs Houghton	Southampton	Hampshire	^[13]
1950	Mrs F. N. Dickinson & Mrs A. Broughton	Sidmouth	Devon	Mrs Crawford & Mrs Bell	Horden Welfare	Durham	^[14]
1951	Mrs C. Gipson & Louisa Coxall	Sittingbourne	Kent	Mrs D. Coleman & Mrs E. Joyes	Sheen	Surrey	^[15]
1952	Olive Tomblin & Mrs M. Bannister	Racecourse Northampton	Northants	Maude Ford & Ellen Whyte-Rickard	Moorsdown	Hants	^[16]
1953	Marjorie Colley & Joan Colley	Torbay	Devon	Elsie Baldwin & Florence Smith	Avenue Leamington	Warwicks	^[17]
1954	Winnie Winslow & Gladys Holmes	Salisbury	Wiltshire	Elsie Cornish & Mable Damon	Strawberry Hill	Middlesex	^[18]
1955	Kathleen McDowall & Mrs Hallatt	Redland	Gloucs	Ada Casewell & Annie Beath	Zetland Park	Yorks	^[19]
1956	Mrs R. Evans & Mrs L. Johnson	Folkestone Park	Kent	Mrs F Turner & Miss R Mattock	Nailsworth	Gloucs	^[20]
1957	Mrs M D Munn & Mrs H R Gibson	Loxford	Essex	Mrs B Herbert & Mrs E Clarke	Oadby	Leics	^[21]
1958	Mrs M Goodman & E Youldon	Tavistock, Sir Francis Drake	Devon	Mrs A Welshman & R M B Robertson	Muswell Hill	Middlesex
1959	Dorothy Winterburn & Lena Careswell	Hornsey	Middlesex	Molly Butters & Peggy Spowart	Cowpen & Crofton	Northumberland	^[22]
1960	Lilian Bufton & Minnie Powell	Tally Ho	Warwicks	Monica Astle & Doreen Clark	Lakeside	Notts	^[23]
1961	Jess Freeman & Ethel Wilson	Kettering	Northants	Mrs C Bloomfield & K Hassell	Scunthorpe	Lincs
1962	Mrs F A Morgan & V C Boyle	Hastings & St Leonards	Sussex	Mrs V Broome & M Noyes	Island Bohemian	Berks
1963	Mrs L Stewart & K Fairbairn	Banister Park	Hampshire	Mrs A Turnbull & M Wainwright	Beech Park	Surrey	^[24]
1964		Watling	Middlesex	Ivy Kelly & Winnie Hollow	Newton Abbott	Devon	^[25]
1965	Eleanor Routledge & Lily Wise	Silloth	Cumberland	Winifred Smith & Daphne Leese	Pymm	Middlesex
1966		Magdalen Park	Surrey	Phyllis Angove & Edith Ferry	Newquay	Cornwall	^[26]
1967	Mrs F Lewis & M Pickvance	Sun	Herts	Ada Watson & Margaret Morrison	West Bridgford	Notts
1968	Mrs R. Crutchley & Mrs I. Oliver	Danson Park	Kent	Mrs H. Welch & Mrs E. Bridgewater	Zetland Park	Yorkshire	^[27]
1969	Mrs D Barclay & F E Jarvis	Northdown	Kent	Mrs E Knight & M Rice	Peterborough	Northants	^[28]
1970	Mrs B Tregonning & Daphne Leese	Hornsey	Middlesex	Mrs E Carter & D Lower	Hurstpierpoint	Sussex	^[29]
1971		Watling	Middlesex	Mrs R Hanger & A Wright	Kettering Services	Northants	^[30]
1972	Mrs M Light & L Parkhurst		Hampshire	Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis Derrick	Magdalen Park	Surrey	^[31]
1973	Betty Norbury & Ivy Burns	Avenue	Warwicks	Mrs H Garner & T Barton	South Norwood	Surrey
1974	Mrs P Mortimer & Winnie Hollow	Newton Abbot	Devon	Mrs D Sands & Esther Stanberry	Spalding Castle	Lincolnshire
1975	Joan Hunt & Betty Taylor	Atherley	Hampshire	Alice Bates & Jean Allcock	Goodwood	Leicestershire	^[32]
1976		Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Jean Valls & Chris Wessier	Raynes Park	Surrey
1977	Evelyn Scorer & Ethel Rutherford	Whitley	Northumberland	Elsie Clempson & Peggy Nash	Wendover	Bucks	^[33]
1978		Helston	Cornwall		Central Park	Essex	^[34]
1979	Anita Kaye & Alice Steventon	Torbay	Devon	Mrs B Hall & G Lamb	Edmonton	Middlesex
1980	Mary Burnett & Norma Shaw	Stockton	Durham	Doris Etchells & Margaret Allan	Courtfield Carlisle	Cumbria	^[35]
1981	Sophia Simmons & Iris Smith	Watford	Herts	Mary Pepper & Joan Curtis	Yatton	Somerset
1982		Raynes Park	Surrey	Wendy Clarke & Enid Fairhall	Southampton	Hampshire	^[36]
1983		Raynes Park	Surrey	Sally Batchelor & Kathy Coles	Falcon Chelmsford	Essex	^[37]
1984	Anne Pascoe & Eileen Perrett	Plymouth Hoe	Devon	Pam Davies & Joy Adamson	Croydon	Surrey	^[38]
1985	Dorothy Lewis & Pip Green	Oadby	Leicestershire	Vera Booth & Maureen Timms	Whitnash	Warwickshire	^[39]
1986	Freda Brown & Gladys Lye	Townsend	Herts	Mary Brill & Sheila Jones	Bridport	Dorset	^[40]
1987	Pamela Hood & Betty Annison	Norwich	Norfolk	Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw	Stockton	Durham
1988	Margaret Elliott & Mavis Wellington	Kingsbridge	Devon	Sylvia Francis & Mary Atkinson	Broomfield	Middlesex	^[41]
1989	Betty Johnson & Norma Shaw	Stockton	Durham	Hilary Cooke & Jean Pindar	Springfield Park	Yorkshire
1990	Maureen Christmas & Jenny Tunbridge	Chesterton	Cambridgeshire		Alfreton	Derbyshire	^[42]
1991	Dora Farman & Joan Campbell	Tonbridge	Kent	Jackie Turner & Brenda Atherton	Carlton Conway	Notts	^[43]
1992	Joyce Morgan & June Larter	Chesterton	Cambridgeshire	Anita de-Meza & Jan Stern	Harrow	Middlesex	^[44]
1993	June Boosey & Kay Havord	Hatfield	Herts	Ann Dennis & Carol Branchett	Milton Regis	Kent	^[45]
1994	Joan Carpenter & Rhona Darling	Portsmouth	Hants	Mabel Hodge & Jan Stern	Northolt	Middlesex	^[46]
1995		Burnham	Bucks	Jenny Moore & Wendy Barnard	Brixham	Devon	^[47]
1996	Gail Fitzgerald & Audrey Moore	Haynes Park Hornchurch	Essex	Sheila Jones & Sue Hawkesworth	Bridport	Dorset	^[48]
1997		Braintree	Essex	Deborah Healey & Sharon Rickman	Raynes Park	Surrey	^[49]
1998		Yeovil	Somerset	Helen Tuohy & Pat Launders	Shepherd's Bush	Middlesex	^[50]
1999	Jean Morris & Jill Edson	Park	Lincolnshire	Pam Davis & Joy Adamson	Croydon	Essex	^[51]
2000	Pauline Morgan & Sue Lagdon	Minehead	Somerset	Mary Taylor & Kay Kerley	Oakley	Hampshire	^[52]
2001	Audrey Stephens & Chris Grigg	Bournvill	Warwickshire	Rosemary Spetch & Wendy Hardy	Poole Park	Dorset	^[53]
2002	Linda Smith & Tracy Powell	Leominster	Herefordshire	Brenda Brown & Liz Tunn	Colchester	Essex	^[54]
2003	Jennie Groves & Jane Baxter-Avison	Arnold Park	Nottinghamshire	Kim Smith & Pat McCumiskey	Purley Bury	Surrey
2004	Jean Simmons & Maureen Tims	Leamington Spa	Warwickshire	Ann Parker & Sylvia Offler	Forest Oaks	Nottinghamshire	^[55]
2005		Peterborough	Huntingdonshire		Milton Regis	Kent	^[56]
2006	Val Osmond & Sue Latham	Ardagh	Gloucestershire	Linda Smith & Tracy Powell	Leominster	Herefordshire
2007	Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner	City of Ely	Cambridgeshire	Jane Baldwin & Michelle Barlow	St Ives	Huntingdonshire	^[57]
2008	Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner	City of Ely	Cambridgeshire	Ruth Rogers & Natalie Melmore	Kings Torquay	Devon	^[58]
2009	Lynne Bowen & Jean Baker	Blackwell	Derbyshire	Rosemary Addison & Jayne Christie	St Neots	Cambridgeshire
2010	Oriole Hocking & Sandra Parker	Silloth	Cumbria	Sharon Kitchener & Sally Butcher	Felixstowe & Suffolk	Suffolk
2011	Christine Gowshall & Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	Hannah Overton & Michelle Barlow	Whittlesey Manor	Huntingdonshire
2012	Sue Alexander & Ellen Falkner	St Neots	Cambridgeshire	Katherine Rednall & Margaret Insley	Felixstowe & Suffolk	Suffolk
2013	Rosemary Corney & Brenda Plumpton	Alton Social	Hampshire	Lynne Bowen & Sue Davies	Broadway	Worcestershire
2014	Lynda Smith & Tracey Powell	Leominster	Herefordshire	Sophie Tolchard & Natalie Melmore	Kings Torquay	Devon
2015	Donna Knight & Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Linda Churchman & Cheryl Salisbury	Littleport	Cambridgeshire
2016	Sophie Tolchard & Natalie Chestney	Kings Torquay	Devon	Cassidy Lenton & Harriet Stevens	Kings Torquay	Devon
2017		Littleport	Cambridgeshire	Sue Cooke & Alex Jacobs	Box	Wiltshire	^[59]
2018	Suzanne Cotton & Diana Jones	Kingston	Yorkshire	Hazel Marke & Margaret Holden	Alton Social	Hampshire	^[60]
2019	Sheila Plaskitt & Penny Strong	Dunholme	Lincolnshire		Kings Torquay	Devon	^[61]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic	align-left	^[62]
2021	Katy Smith & Lucy Smith	Westlecot	Wiltshire	Margaret Smith & Sharmishta Patel	Sutton	Surrey	^[63]
2022	Sophie Tolchard & Harriet Stevens	Kings Torquay	Devon	Tracey Johnson & Joanne Rowe	Borough of Eye	Suffolk	^[64]
2023	Carol Gaskins & Donna Grant	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Gill Grantham & Alison Spreadborough	Sir Francis Drake	Devon	^[65]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
2. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey . Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls . 1959 . Rowland Publications Ltd, Nottingham (pre ISBN).
3. News: Women's Bowls Finals. Daily News (London) . 19 September 1933 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
4. News: Bowls . Daily Herald . 18 September 1934 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
5. News: English Women's title events . Western Daily Press . 30 August 1935 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
6. News: Women Bowlers . Western Gazette . 28 August 1936 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
7. News: Woman's Natonal Championships . Western Daily Press . 28 August 1937 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
8. News: Woman's Bowling Championships . Western Morning News . 27 August 1938. British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
9. News: Woman's Bowls titles . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 26 August 1939 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
10. News: Rugby Pair in London . Rugby Advertiser . 6 September 1946 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
11. News: Rugby Pair in London . New Milton Advertiser . 6 September 1947 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
12. News: Sheen lady bowlers' prize-giving . Richmond Herald . 3 October 1948 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
13. News: Hants women bowl well . Portsmouth Evening News . 27 August 1949 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
14. News: Three Bowls titles for Devon . Nottingham Journal . 26 August 1950 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
15. News: Women's Bowls Champions . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 1 September 1951 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
16. News: Women's National . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 30 August 1952 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
17. News: Sister Joan wins title and kiss . Daily News (London) . 29 August 1953 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
18. News: County runners-up meet in national bowls final . Northern Whig . 27 August 1954 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
19. News: Scotwoman wins English singles bowls title . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 29 August 1955 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
20. News: Women's champion . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 24 August 1956 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
21. News: Finalist in Womne's Bowls . Nottingham Guardian . 30 August 1957 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
22. News: Holiday follows bowls triumph . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 28 August 1959 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
23. News: Notts players beatn in final . Nottingham Guardian . 27 August 1960 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
24. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror . 31 August 1963 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
25. News: Women's Bowls . Nottingham Guardian . 28 August 1964 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
26. News: English Title for Dora Hills . Birmingham Daily Post . 27 August 1966 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
27. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror . 30 August 1968 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
28. News: 'Bowls treble for Miss Steele' . 30 Aug 1969 . The Times . 25 Aug 2023 . 16 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
29. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror . 29 August 1970 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
30. News: A champion at the first attempt . Birmingham Daily Post . 28 August 1971 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
31. News: Taunton move consistently into semi-finals . 19 Aug 1972 . The Times . 18 Aug 2023 . 5 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
32. News: Bowls second title . Birmingham Daily Post . 19 August 1975 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
33. News: Bowls . 18 Aug 1977 . The Times . 25 Aug 2023 . 10 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
34. News: Cornish Aces Storm to Bowls Success . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 17 August 1978 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
35. News: Bowls . 18 Aug 1980 . The Times . 25 Aug 2023 . 34 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
36. News: Allan, G. (1982) 'Bowls' . 16 Aug 1982 . The Times . 25 Aug 2023 . 15 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
37. News: 'A notable double' . 15 Aug 1983 . The Times . 25 Aug 2023 . 20 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
38. News: Devon's cream . Sports Argus . 11 August 1984 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
39. News: Women's bowls . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 11 August 1985 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
40. News: Norma fails to reach semis . Sunday Sun (Newcastle) . 10 August 1986 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
41. News: Mavis hobbles to the title . Sports Argus . 20 August 1988 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
42. News: Rising star is easy winner . Western Daily Press . 6 August 1990 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
43. News: Brenda blitzed . Nottingham Evening Post . 5 August 1991 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
44. News: DHarlow pair so close to upset . Stanmore Observer . 6 August 1992 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
45. News: Deadly Francis lifts crown . Birmingham Daily Post . 2 August 1993 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
46. News: Heartbreak once more for Hawkins . Birmingham Daily Post . 30 July 1994 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
47. News: Beales scoops title on national debut . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 6 August 1995 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
48. News: Beales scoops title on national debut . South Wales Echo . 2 September 1996 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2023.
49. News: Bowls . Birmingham Daily Post . 9 August 1990 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
50. News: Last end triumph . Hull Daily Mail . 8 August 1998 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
51. News: Bowls . Birmingham Daily Post . 7 August 1999 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
52. News: Jones, D.R. (2000) 'Tims puts natural talent to good use . 12 Aug 2000 . The Times . 21 Aug 2023 . 34 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
53. News: Jones, D.R. (2000) Jones, D.R. (2001) Atherton draws on experience . 11 Aug 2001 . The Times . 21 Aug 2023 . 37 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
54. News: The results service . 12 Aug 2002 . The Times . 21 Aug 2023 . 37 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
55. News: The Results Service . 16 Aug 2004 . The Times . 21 Aug 2023 . 28 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
56. News: Bowls Service . 15 Aug 2005 . The Times . 25 Aug 2023 . 51 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
57. News: Bowls Service . 10 Aug 2007 . The Times . 25 Aug 2023 . 71 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
58. Web site: Bowls England Past winners . Bowls England . 25 August 2023.
59. Web site: 2017 pairs results. Bowls England.
60. Web site: 2018 pairs results. Bowls England.
61. Web site: 2019 pairs results. Bowls England.
62. Web site: Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak. Bowls England.
63. Web site: 2021 Women's pairs results. Bowls England. 24 August 2021.
64. Web site: The Delivery, Delight for duo Baker and Brett on day six. Bowls England . 3 September 2022.
65. Web site: Women's pairs results . Bowls England . 19 August 2023.