Bowls England National Championships (women's champion of champions)

English National Bowls Championships
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The women's champion of champions is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]

History

The event started in 1989, five years after the inauguration of the equivalent men's event, the Bowls England National Championships (men's champion of champions).

Venues

  • 1989–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

Past winners

Year Champion Club County Runner-up Club County Ref
1989 Brenda Brown Colchester Essex Jill Price Burnham-on-Sea Somerset [2]
1990 Gill Fitzgerald Kettering Lodge Northamptonshire Mavis Steele Sunbury Sports Middlesex [3]
1991 Kay Martin Atherley Hampshire Shirley Sullivan Woodley Berkshire [4]
1992 Maureen Tims Whitnash Warwickshire Jill Polley Great Beddow Essex [5]
1993 Margaret Reeve Caer Glow Gloucestershire Linda Jarman Chesterton Cambridgeshire [6]
1994 Jean Baker Blackwell Derbyshire Pam Garden Egham Surrey [7]
1995 Bridget Hay Leamington Spa Warwickshire Yvonne Wallington Milton Regis Kent [8]
1996 Gill Fitzgerald Kettering Lodge Northamptonshire Judy Fawcett Nafferton Yorkshire
1997 Katherine Hawes Oxford City & County Oxfordshire Frances Hewitt Bridport Dorset [9]
1998 Amy Gowshall Waltham Park Lincs Joan Crapper Beech Hill Bedfordshire [10]
1999 Amy Gowshall Waltham Park Lincs Lynne Whitehead Norfolk BC Norfolk
2000 Suzanne Gurr Folkestone Park Kent Cindy Edmondson Skelton Cumbria [11][12]
2001 Linda Ryan Civil Service Kent Diana Whittingham Kingsway Sussex [13]
2002 Jane Baxter-Avison Arnold Park Notts Ellen Alexander City of Ely Cambridgeshire [14]
2003 Amy Monkhouse Waltham Park Lincs Katherine Hawes Oxford City & County Oxfordshire
2004 Amy Monkhouse Waltham Park Lincs Frances Hewett Bridport Dorset [15]
2005 Sue Evans Honiton Devon Marilyn Gozna Portishead RBL Somerset [16]
2006 Elaine Score United Services Essex Christine Pearson Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire [17]
2007 Amy Monkhouse Waltham Park Lincs Joyce Hadfield St Austell Cornwall
2008 Rebecca Smith Clock House Essex Katherine Hawes Oxford City & County Oxfordshire
2009 Amy Monkhouse Cleethorpes Lincolnshire Natalie Melmore Kings Torquay Devon
2010 Katherine Hawes Oxford City & County Oxfordshire Amy Monkhouse Cleethorpes Lincolnshire [18]
2011 Lynne Bowen Broadway Worcestershire Jo Skelton Stute Derbyshire
2012 Amy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincolnshire Caroline Campion Banbury Central Oxfordshire
2013 Amy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincolnshire Julie Leake Poole Park Dorset
2014 Helen McDermaid Watchet Somerset Jean Stephens Newmarket Avenue Cambridgeshire
2015 Donna Brookes Bletchley Town Buckinghamshire Carol Dixon New Lount Leicestershire
2016 Rebecca Wigfield Desborough Town Northamptonshire Elaine Score The Springhouse Essex
2017 Ellen Falkner Littleport Cambridgeshire Kirsty Hembrow Taunton Deane Somerset
2018 Amy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincolnshire Katherine Hawes Oxford City & County Oxfordshire [19]
2019 Ellen Falkner Littleport Cambridgeshire Amy Gowshall Cleethorpes Lincolnshire [20]
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [21]
2021 Ellen Falkner MBE Littleport Cambridgeshire Stef Branfield Clevedon Somerset [22]
2022 Julie Leake Poole Park Dorset Sue Allen Swinton Yorkshire [23]
2023 Annalisa Dunham Carters Park Lincs Donna Rock Sherborne Dorset [24]
2024 Stef Branfield Clevedon Som Sue Allen Swinton Yorks [25]

References

  1. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  2. ^ "'Shaw claims her seventh national title' (1989)". The Times. 7 August 1989. p. 29. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "Jones, D.R. (1990) 'Fitzgerald excels once more'". The Times. 9 August 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "Bowls". Birmingham Mail. 5 August 1991. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Results at a glance". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 3 August 1992. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "'For the Record'". The Times. 2 August 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ "Bowls". Liverpool Daily Post. 1 August 1994. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Bridget chats her way to title". Western Daily Press. 7 August 1995. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "For the Record". The Times. 11 August 1997. p. 36. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ "'Gowshall powers to title' (1998)". The Times. 10 August 1998. p. 24. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  11. ^ "'For the record'". The Times. 14 August 2000. p. 34. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  12. ^ "Gurr in great form". Aberdeen Evening Express. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Jones, D.R. (2001) 'Ryan reigns supreme at Leamington'". The Times. 13 August 2001. p. 37. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  14. ^ "The results service". The Times. 12 August 2002. p. 37. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  15. ^ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 5 August 2004. p. 41. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  16. ^ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 6 August 2005. p. 88. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  17. ^ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 12 August 2006. p. 83. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  18. ^ "'Hawes on a high'". The Times. 9 September 2010. p. 60. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  19. ^ "2018 Champion of Champions" (PDF). Bowls England.
  20. ^ "2019 Champion of Champions" (PDF). Bowls England.
  21. ^ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  22. ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  23. ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  24. ^ "2023 National Championships Women's cofc". Bowls England. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  25. ^ "2024 National Championships women's cofc". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2024.