Bowls England National Championships (women's singles two wood) explained

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

The two-wood singles is a newer variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.

Venues

• 1939–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
• 1975–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

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

Past winners

Year	Champion	Club	County	Runner-up	Club	County	Ref
1939	Lily Parnell	Clarence Park	Somerset	Mrs Yerbury	Bloomfield Bath	Somerset	^[2]
1940–1944 No competition due to war
1946	Sarah Osey	Oxford City	Berks & Bucks	Mrs Gadbury	Ardagh, Bristol	Gloucs	^[3]
1947	Louisa Coxall	Sittingbourne	Kent	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	^[4]
1948	Frances Carvell	Gunnersbury	Middlesex	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	^[5]
1949	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex	Doris Rigby	Belgrave	Leices	^[6]
1950	Mrs F. N. Dickinson	Sidmouth	Devon	Rosetta Capstick	Gunnersbury	Middlesex	^[7]
1951	Florence Wright	Horden	Durham	Helen Clayton	Horsham	Sussex	^[8]
1952	Evelyn Courtenay	Yeovil	Somerset	Mrs C. Carr	Western Park	Leics
1953	Winnifred Griffiths	Plymouth Hoe	Devon	Maud Chillman	Hampden Park	Sussex
1954	Mrs H. Taylor	Loxford	Essex	Eveline Wheeler	Richmond Park Bournemouth	Hants	^[9]
1955	Audrey Frances Thomas	Ilford	Essex	Mrs E K Simpson	Southgate	Middlesex	^[10]
1956	Minna Chamberlain Rubery	Victoria	Essex	Eleanor Cordy Allen	Ipswich	Suffolk	^[11]
1957	Doreen Clark	Ericsson's	Notts	Gwen Webber	Barnstaple	Devon	^[12]
1958	Annie Beath	Zetland Park, Redcar	Yorkshire	Mrs S. Bulmer	Bowburn	Durham	^[13]
1959	Lena Careswell	Hornsey	Middlesex	Violet Rawlings	Gidea Park	Essex	^[14]
1960	Gwen Webber	Ashleigh Road	Devon	Mavis Cripps	Dovercourt	Essex	^[15]
1961	Mabel Darlington	Nuneaton	Warwicks	Joyce Lucking	Windsor Castle	Berks	^[16]
1962	Mrs M. Smith	Ilford	Essex	Winnie Winslow	Salisbury	Wilts
1963	Mrs L. Cudmore	Fleming Park	Hants	Mrs I. Parham	Shell	Essex
1964	Ena Buckland	South Norwood	Surrey	Mrs A. Smith	Kettering	Northants	^[17]
1965	Nancie Evans	Frome Selwood	Somerset	Mrs E. Knight	Lakeside	Notts	^[18]
1966	Mrs M Harrison	Wolvey	Warwicks	Mrs V L Turner	Hook & Southborough	Surrey	^[19]
1967	Ivy Burns	Avenue Leamington	Warwicks	Mrs E Stevens	Misbourne	Bucks	^[20]
1968	Edna Britton	Vernon Park	Notts	Iris Smith	Watford	Herts	^[21]
1969	Joan Hunt	Atherley	Hants	Doreen Clark	Lakeside	Notts
1970	Phyllis Derrick	Magdalen Park	Surrey	Mrs M Allan	Courtfield Carlisle	Cumberland
1971	Mrs N Galloway	Owton Lodge	Durham	Mrs D Smith	Devizes	Wilts
1972	Brenda Atherton	Plessey	Notts	Mrs B. Forton	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	^[22]
1973	Mrs W Stevenson	Auriol Park	Surrey	Ruth Butterworth	YPI Hull	Yorkshire	^[23]
1974	Lana Maynard	Hatfield	Herts	Mrs J. A. Laws	Whitley & Monkseaton	Northumberland	^[24]
1975	Joan Hunt	Atherley	Hampshire	Anne Shipton	Broadstone	Dorset	^[25]
1976	Eileen King	Poole Park	Dorset	Norah Greenwood	Sileby	Northumberland	^[26]
1977	Winifred Hall	Culver	Middlesex	Anne Shipton	Broadstone	Dorset	^[27]
1978	Norma Shaw	Ropner Park	Durham	Eileen Fletcher	Poole Park	Dorset
1979	Irene Molyneux	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Phyllis Derrick	Magdalen Park	Surrey	^[28]
1980	Betty Newborn	Belgrave	Leics	Margaret Lockwood	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	^[29]
1981	Eveline Gascoigne	Silver Band	Notts	Verinia Lewis	Bodmin	Cornwall	^[30]
1982	Kath Steer	King's Heath	Warwicks	Win Scales	Herne Bay	Kent	^[31]
1983	Norma Shaw	Ropner Park	Durham	Joan Plackett	Worthing	Sussex	^[32]
1984	Val Vintiner	Lammas	Middlesex	Eileen Bird	Sherwood	Notts	^[33]
1985	Joan Bryant	Brockenhurst	Hants	Margaret Wilson	Bembridge	Isle of Wight	^[34]
1986	Norma Shaw	Ropner Park	Durham	Mary Saunders	Eye	Suffolk	^[35]
1987	Sue Franklin	Woolpack Wisbech	Norfolk	Jean Frame	West Bridgford	Notts	^[36]
1988	Jayne Roylance	North Walsham	Norfolk	Gwen Daniels	Penryn	Cornwall	^[37]
1989	Catherine Anton	Peterborough	Hunts	Edna Bessell	Yeovil	Somerset	^[38]
1990	Gill Fitzgerald	Kettering Lodge	Northants	Beryl Noble	Luton Town	Beds	^[39]
1991	Wendy Line	Southampton	Hants	Jean Baker	Alfreton	Derbyshire	^[40]
1992	Margaret Dyer	Clevedon Promenade	Somerset	Jean Cleft	Durham City	Durham	^[41]
1993	Val Chatfield	Woolwich & Plumstead	Kent	Kathie Scott	Crawley	Sussex	^[42]
1994	Brenda Whitehead	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	Gill Fitzgerald	Kettering Lodge	Northants	^[43]
1995	Liz Shorter	County Arts	Norfolk	Sharon Rickman	Raynes Park	Surrey	^[44]
1996	Margaret Ashford	Beccles	Suffolk	Catherine Anton	Peterborough	Hunts	^[45]
1997	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City & County	Oxfordshire	Ann Parker	Carlton Conway	Notts	^[46]
1998	Maureen Christmas	Chesterton	Cambs	Cindy Edmonson	Skelton Penrith	Cumbria	^[47]
1999	Elizabeth Messer	Southbourne	Hants	Lynne Whitehead	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	^[48]
2000	Maureen Timms	Whitnash	Warwicks	Janet Green	West Moors	Dorset	^[49]
2001	Brenda Atherton	Carlton Conway	Notts	Kath Baxter	Wigton	Cumbria	^[50]
2002	Janet Hardie	Westinghouse	Wiltshire	Heather Stapleford	Oakham	Leics
2003	Ann Dennis	Milton Regis	Kent	Sue Davies	Broadway	Worcs
2004	Shirley Page	Baldock	Herts	Janet Cropper	Bolton	Lancs
2005	Amy Monkhouse	Waltham Park	Lincolnshire	Theresa Parnell	Stockton	Durham
2006	Wendy King	Milton Regis	Hampshire	Joan Garner	Erdington Court	Warwickshire
2007	Jean Baker	Blackwell	Derbyshire	Amy Stanton	Wellington	Somerset
2008	Edna Bessell	Yeovil	Somerset	Doreen Hankin	Egham	Surrey
2009	Wendy King	Milton Regis	Hampshire	Joan Walmsley	Bath	Somerset
2010	Sue Davies	Broadway	Worcestershire	Shirley Page	Baldock	Hertfordshire
2011	Ellen Falkner	St Neots	Cambridgeshire	Muriel Scott	North Tawton	Devon
2012	Pat Bourne	Purley Bury	Surrey	Sue Dadson	Southbourne	Hampshire
2013	Rebecca Wigfield	Desborough	Northamptonshire	Brenda Whitehead	Norfolk BC	Norfolk
2014	Rebecca Field	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	Kate Herbison	Congresbury	Somerset
2015	Margaret Smith	Sutton	Surrey	Jessica Eley	Bushey	Hertfordshire
2016	Joan Welch	Riverain	Herts	Gillian Lamprey	Lowestoft Railway	Suffolk
2017	Jamie-Lea Winch	Kingscroft	Leicestershire	Sophie Tolchard	Kings	Devon	^[51]
2018	Amy Gowshall	Cleethorpes	Lincolnshire	Rebecca Field	Norfolk BC	Norfolk	^[52]
2019	Sophie Tolchard	Kings	Devon	Donna Rock	Gillingham	Dorset	^[53]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic	^[54]
2021	Stef Branfield	Clevedon	Somerset	Katherine Hawes	Oxford City	Oxfordshire	^[55]
2022	Rhianna Russell	Welwyn & District	Hertfordshire	Jennifer Southby	Barstead & Thurnham	Kent	^[56]
2023	Laura Holden	Clevedon	Somerset	Shannon Maughan	Bletchley Town	Bucks	^[57]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
2. News: Bristol's double . Western Daily Press . 30 August 1939 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
3. News: Women's Bowls . Gloucestershire Echo . 29 August 1946 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
4. News: Mrs Coxall wins national tournament . East Kent Gazette . 13 September 1947 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
5. Web site: Bowls England Past winners . Bowls England . 19 August 2023.
6. News: Bowls record . Hull Daily Mail . 27 August 1949 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
7. News: Three Bowls titles for Devon . Nottingham Journal . 26 August 1950 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
8. News: Women's Bowls Champions . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 1 September 1951 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
9. News: Women wins singles title at first attempt . Birmingham Daily Post . 28 August 1954 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
10. News: Blidworth Women Lose Final . Nottingham Guardian . 25 August 1955 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
11. News: Women's final . Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail . 24 August 1956 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
12. News: Finalist in Women's Bowls . Nottingham Guardian . 30 August 1957 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
13. News: Champion made Bowls History . Newcastle Journal . 30 August 1958 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
14. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror. 29 August 1959 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
15. News: Notts players beaten in final . Nottingham Guardian . 27 August 1960 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 18 August 2023.
16. News: National title for Nuneaton Woman . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 25 August 1961 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
17. News: Devon champions in bowls final . Bristol Evening Post . 28 August 1964 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
18. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror . 27 August 1965 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
19. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror . 26 August 1966 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
20. News: Leamington womans' title . Birmingham Daily Post . 25 August 1967 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
21. News: Holder beaten . Nottingham Guardian . 29 August 1968 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2023.
22. News: Taunton move consistently into semi-finals . 19 Aug 1972 . The Times . 18 Aug 2023 . 5 . The Times Digital Archive. subscription .
23. News: YPI Bowler in Wimbledon Finals . Hull Daily Mail . 18 August 1973 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
24. News: Midland teams soon eliminated . Birmingham Daily Post . 16 August 1974 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
25. News: Bowls second title . Birmingham Daily Post . 19 August 1975 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
26. News: Eileen takes crown in late rally . Western Daily Press . 17 August 1976 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
27. News: Winifred Hall . Birmingham Daily Post . 16 August 1977 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
28. News: Irene bowls in for double . Birmingham Daily Post . 16 August 1979 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
29. News: Top bowler . Hull Daily Mail . 20 August 1980 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
30. News: She's our champ . Long Eaton Advertiser . 27 August 1981 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
31. News: Whirlwind Kath . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 21 August 1982 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 17 August 2023.
32. News: Bowls title for Norma . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition) . 17 August 1983 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
33. News: Eileen an inch off title . Nottingham Evening Post . 16 August 1984 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
34. News: No disgrace in final defeat . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 15 August 1985 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
35. News: Burnham trio win thriller . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 14 August 1986 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
36. News: Bowls . Daily Mirror . 20 August 1987 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
37. News: Loses in last four to international . Hinckley Times . 26 August 1988 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
38. News: Rising star is easy winner . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 10 August 1989 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
39. News: Rising star is easy winner . Western Daily Press . 6 August 1990 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
40. News: Bowling along . Derby Daily Telegraph . 3 August 1991 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
41. News: Magic Margaret . Clevedon Mercury . 6 August 1992 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
42. News: Top Val-ue . Sunday Mirror . 1 August 1993 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
43. News: Bowls . Liverpool Daily Post . 1 August 1994 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
44. News: Beales scoops title on national debut . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 6 August 1995 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
45. News: Sporting Digest . The Scotsman . 3 September 1996 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
46. News: Bowls . Birmingham Daily Post . 9 August 1997 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
47. News: Last end triumph . Hull Daily Mail . 8 August 1998 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
48. News: Bowls . Birmingham Daily Post . 7 August 1999 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 21 August 2023.
49. 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 .
50. 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 .
51. Web site: 2017 singles results. Bowls England.
52. Web site: 2018 two wood singles results. Bowls England.
53. Web site: 2019 two wood singles results. Bowls England.
54. Web site: Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak. Bowls England.
55. Web site: Daily Round Up. Bowls England. 28 August 2021.
56. Web site: 2022 National Championships . Bowls England . 8 September 2022.
57. Web site: 2023 National Championships women's 2w singles . Bowls England . 25 August 2023.