Bowls England National Championships (Balcomb Trophy)

The Balcomb Trophy is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]

It is an Inter-County Double Rink Competition for men's teams.

Past winners

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Ref
1993	Leicestershire	Lancashire	20-14
1994	Lincolnshire	Worcestershire	21-15	[2]
1995	Cumbria	Hampshire	18-17
1996	Buckinghamshire	Essex	18-17
1997	Nottinghamshire	Cornwall	25-16
1998	Berkshire	Suffolk	21-16
1999	Cumbria	Kent	23-20
2000	Norfolk	Worcestershire	22-19
2001	Suffolk	Kent	18-15	[3]
2002	Kent	Northumberland	22-13
2003	Yorkshire	Northamptonshire	23-21
2004	Kent	Yorkshire	27-20
2005	Devon	Surrey	20-19
2006	Berkshire	Devon	39-38
2007	County Durham	Kent	37-36
2008	Derbyshire	Cornwall	40-36
2009	Leicestershire	Cornwall	48-23
2010	Berkshire	Devon	49-36
2011	[Lancashire	Cornwall	41-27
2012	Northumberland	Cornwall	44-42
2013	Hampshire	Essex	52-34
2014	Warwickshire	Huntingdonshire	41-38
2015	Devon	Kent	45–40
2016	Leicestershire	Northumberland	40–38
2017	Essex	Devon	43–29
2018	Lancashire	Cambridgeshire	44–43
2019	Warwickshire	Essex	40–37	[4]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic				[5]
2021	Northamptonshire	Hampshire	40–34	[6]
2022	Essex	Yorkshire	45–27	[7]
2023	Essex	Cumbria	45–36	[8]
2024	Norfolk	Durham	47–23	[9]

References

1. "Past Records". Bowls England.
2. "'For the Record'". The Times. 5 September 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
3. "Bowls". Worthing Herald. 30 August 2001. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "2019 Balcomb Trophy results" (PDF). Bowls England.
5. "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
6. "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
7. "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
8. "2023 National Championships Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
9. "2024 National Championships Balcomb Trophy". Bowls England. Retrieved 26 August 2023.