Bowls England National Championships (Walker Cup)

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The Walker Cup is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1][2]

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

Past winners

Year Champion Runner-up Score Ref
1958 Warwickshire Buckinghamshire
1959 Durham Devon
1960 Devon Leicestershire
1961 Gloucestershire Northumberland
1962 Surrey Suffolk
1963 Yorkshire Devon
1964 Nottinghamshire Hampshire
1965 Suffolk Somerset
1966 Suffolk Middlesex
1967 Middlesex Suffolk
1968 Hertfordshire Northumberland
1969 Devon Bedfordshire
1970 Somerset Yorkshire
1971 Middlesex Northumberland
1972 Devon Nottinghamshire
1973 Hampshire Lincolnshire
1974 Surrey Durham
1975 Warwickshire Gloucestershire
1976 Lincolnshire Devon
1977 Somerset Devon
1978 Essex Norfolk
1979 Warwickshire Middlesex
1980 Middlesex Cambridgeshire
1981 Middlesex Durham
1982 Devon Lincolnshire
1983 Oxfordshire Gloucestershire
1984 Middlesex Huntingdonshire
1985 Surrey Northamptonshire
1986 Oxfordshire Hampshire
1987 Nottinghamshire Middlesex
1988 Oxfordshire Hertfordshire
1989 Cornwall Durham
1990 Oxfordshire Devon
1991 Norfolk Hampshire
1992 Suffolk Somerset
1993 Cornwall Lincolnshire
1994 Surrey Cornwall
1995 Oxfordshire Somerset
1996 Somerset Kent
1997 Yorkshire Dorset
1998 Surrey Huntingdonshire
1999 Hertfordshire Bedfordshire
2000 Lincolnshire Kent
2001 Huntingdonshire Cornwall [3]
2002 Durham Huntingdonshire
2003 Cumbria Kent 46–24 [4]
2004 Cambridgeshire Somerset
2005 Huntingdonshire Gloucestershire
2006 Devon Kent [5]
2007 Hertfordshire Bedfordshire
2008 Somerset Berkshire
2009 Durham Warwickshire
2010 Devon Essex
2011 Surrey Lincolnshire
2012 Huntingdonshire Cumbria
2013 Durham Oxfordshire
2014 Surrey Nottinghamshire
2015 Devon Lincolnshire
2016 Leicestershire Devon
2017 Somerset Kent
2018 Sussex Yorkshire [6]
2019 Lincolnshire Northamptonshire [7]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2021 Lincolnshire Kent 47–29 [9]
2022 Kent Wiltshire 40–29 [10]
2023 Lincolnshire Norfolk 32–27 [11]
2024 Surrey Northamptonshire 40–32 [12]

References

  1. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  2. ^ "Walker Cup winners". Bowls England.
  3. ^ "The Daily Results Service'". The Times. 8 Aug 2001. p. 32. Retrieved 24 Aug 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "The results service". The Times. 5 Aug 2003. p. 32. Retrieved 19 Aug 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "The Results Service'". The Times. 7 Aug 2006. p. 51. Retrieved 21 Aug 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "2018 Walker Cup" (PDF). Bowls England.
  7. ^ "2019 Walker Cup" (PDF). Bowls England.
  8. ^ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  9. ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  10. ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  11. ^ "2023 National Championships Walker Cup". Bowls England. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  12. ^ "2024 National Championships Walker Cup". Bowls England. Retrieved 25 August 2024.