Bowls England National Championships (men's singles four wood)

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

The four-wood singles is the traditional variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.

Nick Brett 1999 champion

History

The singles event was originally contested to win the Sir Thomas Brook Hitchen gold medal and then from 1913 and 1920 it was called the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup.

The 1908 final was started at the Upper Clapton greens but was suspended with Knight leading 14–7 following the death of the skip during the fours event. The final resumed at the Streatham Constitutional Club the following day.[2]

Venues

  • 1905–1907, 1910 (Upper Clapton BC, Clapton, London)
  • 1908 (Streatham Constitutional Club, Streatham)
  • 1909 (Leicester BC, Leicester}
  • 1911 (Forest Hill BC, Forest Hill, London)
  • 1912–1913 (Belmont BC, Streatham)
  • 1914, 1926 (Bellingham BC, Bellingham, Catford)
  • 1919 (South London & Balham clubs, Balham/Wandsworth)
  • 1920 (Great Northern Railway AC, Gordon Hill, London)
  • 1921 (Summerhill Gosforth & Portland clubs, Newcastle upon Tyne)
  • 1922, 1928, 1935 (Croydon BC, South Croydon)
  • 1923 (Wellingborough BC, Wellingborough)
  • 1924, 1936, 1938–1939 (Temple Bowling Club, Denmark Hill)
  • 1925 (City & Spa clubs, Gloucester)
  • 1927 (Preston Park, Brighton)
  • 1929 (Victoria Park & Westcote clubs, Leicester)
  • 1930–1934, 1937, 1945–1957 (Paddington Recreation Ground)
  • 1958–1973 (Watney's Sports Club, Mortlake)
  • 1974–2013 (Worthing Bowls Club, Beach House Park)
  • 2014–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

Past winners

Year County Champion Club County Runner-up Club Score Ref
1905 Middlesex James Carruthers Muswell Hill Northumberland James Telford Newcastle, West End 21–1 [3]
1906 County Durham C. L. Cummings Sunderland Middlesex A. W. Taylor Finsbury Park 21–8 [4]
1907 Cumberland James Emmerson Edenside, Carlisle Leicestershire H. W. Gibson Leicester 21–12 [5]
1908 Surrey R. Knight Loughborough Junction Cumberland M. Turner Carlisle Subscription 21–9 [6]
1909 Northumberland James W. Dick Gosforth Berkshire Harry Childs Reading 21–10 [7]
1910 Northamptonshire Frank Shatford Conservative Kettering Somerset J. Dauncy Victoria Weston-super-Mare 21–10 [8]
1911 Cumberland John Postlethwaite Carlisle Courtfield Kent James Work Tunbridge Wells Grove 21–14 [9]
1912 Middlesex W. J. Jones Crouch Hill Cumberland G. E. Edmondson Holme Head, Carlisle 23–12 [10]
1913 County Durham Charles Gibb Sunderland Ashbrooke Middlesex James Carruthers Muswell Hill 21–9 [11]
1914 Surrey Douglas Irvine Watson Maldon Surrey W. Dean Balham 21–15 [12]
1915–1918 No competition due to war
1919 Kent Ernie Moore Bellingham Hampshire E. Dean Richmond Park, Bournemouth 21–16 [13]
1920 Kent A. E. Godsall Forest Hill Northumberland Willie Hamilton Summerhill, Newcastle 21–14 [14]
1921 Surrey A. F. Warner Belmont Sussex J. Harwood Preston, Brighton 21–3 [15]
1922 Northumberland Willie Hamilton Hexham Devon C. G. Roach Plymouth Hoe 21–16 [16]
1923 Leicestershire William Wade Hinckley Buckinghamshire G. Sainsbury Wendover & Chiltern Hills 21–15 [17]
1924 Devon Frederick Hodge Torrington Hampshire Edward Redman Banister Park 21–18 [18]
1925 Devon Harold Webber Plymouth Somerset William Jennings Taunton Deane 21–15 [19]
1926 Devon Robert Jack Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth Kent Alfred Poingdestre Bromley 21–16 [20]
1927 Berkshire Tom Tickle Park Institute, Reading Hampshire Edward Redman Bannister Park 21–17 [21]
1928 Hampshire George Wright Southern Railway, Eastleigh Kent Bill Barlow Bellingham 21–14 [22]
1929 Kent Robert Colquhoun Bromley Sussex Ernie Gudgeon Preston, Brighton 21–20 [23]
1930 Leicestershire William Wade Hinckley Devon Harold Webber Plymouth 21–10 [24]
1931 Isle of Wight Edwin Topp Ryde Gloucestershire Henry Duggan Gloucester 21–8 [25]
1932 Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park Somerset Ernie Fortune St George's, Bristol 21–14 [26]
1933 Middlesex James McKinlay Paddington Isle of Wight Percy Guy Shanklin 21–18 [27]
1934 Hampshire Archibald Cochrane Southampton County Durham Matthew Burdon Dunelm 21–7 [28]
1935 Yorkshire Billy Linton Smith's Docks Isle of Wight Jack Gallagher Cowes 21–15 [29]
1936 Buckinghamshire Dick Goodson Chesham Sussex Arthur Knowling Jr. Worthing 21–16 [30]
1937 Yorkshire William Prentice Redcar, Zetland Devon Harold Webber Torbay C. Club 21–14 [31]
1938 Hampshire Keith Cross Cosham Northumberland Harry Cook Tynemouth 21–15 [32]
1939 Northumberland Jack Laws Summerhill Oxfordshire Algernon Allen City & County Club, Oxford 21–8 [33]
1940–1944 No competition due to war
1945 Yorkshire Albert Allison 'Bert' Keech Bootham Gloucestershire Robbie Robison Henleaze 21–19
1946 Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park Berkshire Ernest Newton Windsor & Eton 21–20 [34]
1947 Sussex Peter Mercer Worthing Northumberland Jimmy Thompson North Shields 21–14
1948 Berkshire Ernie Newton Windsor & Eton Gloucestershire Ernie Fortune Bristol Greenbank 21–9
1949 Oxfordshire Algernon Allen Oxford City & County Middlesex Arthur Collins West Ealing 21–8
1950 Northumberland Jimmy Thompson North Shields, West End County Durham Lloyd Whitworth New Herrington 21–15
1951 Hertfordshire Alfred Pikesley St. Albans Bedfordshire Stanley Jackson Luton Town 21–17
1952 Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park Oxfordshire Algernon Allen Oxford City & County 21–20
1953 Essex Richard Cramp Clay Hall Warwickshire Frank Watts Rugby 21–12
1954 Northumberland John Griffiths Wallsend Borough Gloucestershire George Ham Stroud 21–14
1955 Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park Yorkshire Jack Fletcher York Co-op 21–13
1956 Berkshire Norman Butler Windsor & Eton Devon Charlie Webber Rock Park, Barnstaple 21–16
1957 Middlesex Norman King Parliament Hill Hertfordshire Frank Smith Hatfield 21–4 [35]
1958 Hampshire Harry Powell Farnborough British Legion Isle of Wight Frank Crockford Bembridge 21–10 [36]
1959 Surrey Kenneth Coulson Croydon Yorkshire Tom Fleming Middlesbrough, Albert Park 21–11 [37]
1960 Somerset David Bryant Clevedon Yorkshire Tom Fleming Middlesbrough, Albert Park 21–11 [38]
1961 Hampshire Peter Line Banister Park Lincolnshire Ernie Hopcroft Ruston Bucyrus 21–9 [39]
1962 Dorset Charles Mercer Lyme Regis Surrey Ernie Lake Old Coulsdon 21–20
1963 Cumberland Charlie Graham Edenside, Carlisle Hertfordshire Harry Haynes Welwyn Garden City 21–20
1964 Hampshire Peter Line Banister Park Sussex John Scadgell Worthing 21–19 [40]
1965 Sussex Ralph Lewis Preston, Brighton Dorset Percy Baker Poole Park 21–16
1966 Somerset David Bryant Clevedon Northumberland Harry Kinnersley Morpeth 21–17
1967 Worcestershire Bill Irish Droitwich, Vines Park Devon Freddie Horn Torquay 21–12 [41]
1968 Essex Norman Groves Witham Hampshire Walter Phillips Boscombe Cliff 21–15 [42]
1969 Hampshire Jimmy Davidson Boscombe Cliff Dorset Jim Burns Greenhill 21–10
1970 Northumberland Harry Kershaw Heaton Victoria Somerset Sandy Sandall St. Andrews 21–12
1971 Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Cornwall John Blewett Penlee 21–18
1972 Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Yorkshire Bob Robertson Middlesbrough Co-op 21–16 [43]
1973 Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Buckinghamshire Ian Harvey Marlow 21–12
1974 Worcestershire Bill Irish Droitwich, Vines Park Northumberland Tom Wilkinson Swan Hunter 21–10 [44]
1975 Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon Middlesex Robert Gibbins L.T.A.S.S.A. 22-15
1976 Surrey Tony O'Connell Wimbledon Durnsford Lincolnshire Bill Hobart Boston Sleaford Road 21–17 [45]
1977 Norfolk Chris Ward Cromer Buckinghamshire David Goldring Woburn Sands 21–9 [46]
1978 Somerset Charlie Burch Taunton Somerset David Bryant MBE Clevedon 22-11 [47]
1979 Cornwall David Cutler St. Austell Suffolk Chris Southgate Risbygate 21–14 [48]
1980 County Durham Tom Buller View Lane Park Dorset Lou Trim West Moors Memorial 21–18
1981 Kent Andy Thomson Blackheath & Greenwich Surrey Alan Windsor Woking Park 21–20 [49]
1982 Norfolk Chris Ward Cromer Buckinghamshire Bret Long Slough 21–10 [50]
1983 Cumbria John Bell Wigton) Northumberland Kevin Bone Gosforth 21–13 [51]
1984 Surrey Wynne Richards Mid Surrey Leicestershire John Kilyon Loughborough 21–15 [52]
1985 Devon Ron Keating Plymouth Civil Service Cumbria Ron Gass Wigton 21–8 [53]
1986 Surrey Wynne Richards Mid Surrey Cumbria David Taylor British Rail 21–18 [54]
1987 Lancashire David Holt Bolton Gloucestershire Tony Allcock Cheltenham 21–5 [55]
1988 Cornwall Richard Bray Stenalees Somerset Ian Middlemast Bath 21–12
1989 Norfolk John Ottaway Wymondham Dell Isle of Wight Barry Croad Ventnor 25-13 [56]
1990 Gloucestershire Tony Allcock MBE Cheltenham Buckinghamshire Kirk Smith Denham 25-12
1991 Gloucestershire Tony Allcock MBE Cheltenham Warwickshire David Hobbis Stratford upon Avon 21–3
1992 Cumbria Stephen Farish Wigton Yorkshire Hugh Duff West Park, Hull 21–18 [57]
1993 Devon John Wickham Totnes Kent Gordon Charlton Folkestone Park 21–17
1994 Nottinghamshire Brett Morley G.P.T. Derbyshire Paul Wilkinson Long Eaton Town 21–14 [58]
1995 County Durham John Leeman Craghead Gloucestershire Les Gillett Cheltenham 21–13
1996 Norfolk John Ottaway Wymondham Dell County Durham Andrew Kirtland Hundens Park 21–18 [59]
1997 Warwickshire Richard Brittan Erdington Court Hertfordshire Martyn Coles Garston 21–17
1998 Worcestershire Grant Burgess Gilt Edge Oxfordshire Les Gillett Banbury Borough 21–20 [60]
1999 Huntingdonshire Nick Brett White Hart Warwickshire Graham Ashby Stoke, Coventry 21–20
2000 Norfolk John Ottaway Wymondham Dell Buckinghamshire Andrew Wise Marlow 21–9 [61]
2001 Kent Gordon Charlton Sandwich Warwickshire Mark Clarke Kings Heath 21–18
2002 Hampshire Martyn Sekjer Southampton SC Hertfordshire Andrew Briden Herts BC 21–2 [62]
2003 Yorkshire Paul Allenby Riverview Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton 21–13
2004 Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton Essex Joe Stamper Lionmede 21–17
2005 Middlesex Simon Jee Parsons Green Nottinghamshire Nick Cammack Trent Vale 21–11 [63]
2006 Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton Gloucestershire Lee Williamson Barnwood 21–16
2007 Essex Andrew Squire Maldon Yorkshire Mark Walton Nafferton 21–10 [64]
2008 Devon Sam Tolchard Kings, Torquay Derbyshire Simon Skelton Stute 21–8
2009 Derbyshire Simon Skelton Stute Surrey Steve Tuohy Egham 21–20
2010 Essex Steven Mitchinson Romford Sussex Scott Edwards Hove & Kingsway 21–8
2011 County Durham David Bolt Silksworth Warwickshire Graham Ashby Rugby 21–15
2012 Hampshire Tom Bishop Atherley Norfolk Wayne Willgress Norfolk BC 21–20
2013 Worcestershire Andrew Walters Worcester Suffolk John Rednall Felixstowe & Suffolk 21–14
2014 Gloucestershire Lee Williamson Cheltenham Devon Jamie Chestney Kings, Torquay 21–18
2015 Cumbria Ben Sherwen Whitehaven Yorkshire Vinnie O'Neill Middlesbrough 21–19
2016 Kent Simon Green Sandwich Worcestershire Andrew Walters Worcester 21–13
2017 Northamptonshire Jamie Walker Northampton West End Northamptonshire Darren Childs Northampton West End 21–14
2018 Devon Louis Ridout Kings Torquay Essex Andrew Squire Maldon 21–16 [65]
2019 Essex Ed Morris Essex County Northamptonshire Jamie Walker Northampton West End 21–14 [66]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic [67]
2021 Devon Sam Tolchard Kings, Torquay County Durham David Bolt Silksworth 21–12 [68]
2022 Essex Ed Morris Essex County Warwickshire Andrew Walters Welford-on-Avon 21–17 [69]
2023 Kent Lewis King Appleyard Leicestershire Darren Allsopp New Lount 21–10 [70]
2024 Devon Jamie Walker Culm Vale Kent Harry Goodwin Appleyard 21–11 [71]

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