Bowls England National Championships (women's pairs)

The women's pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1][2]

English National Bowls Championships
Men elitesinglessingles 2w
singlesCCpairs
triplesfours
Women elitesinglessingles 2w
singlesCCpairs
triplesfours
Men juniorsinglespairs
Women juniorsinglespairs
Men seniorsinglespairs
fours
Women seniorsinglespairs
fours
Men teamMiddletonBalcomb
WhiteRoseTopClub
2Fours
Women teamJohnsWalker
AmyRoseTopClub
MixedPairsFours

Venues
  • 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club)
  • 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club)
  • 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing)
  • 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
  • 1975–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

Past winners
Year Champion Club County Runner-up Club County Ref
1932Mrs Roberts & Mrs CraxfordSouthgateMiddlesex&
1933Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel TiggWaddon ResidentsSurreyMrs Fry & Clara JohnsCavendish EastbourneSussex[3]
1934Mrs E. M. Privett & Ethel TiggWaddon ResidentsSurreyMiss Meill & Mrs WoodcockSouthbourneSussex[4]
1935Mrs Hopwell & Mrs PalmerHilly FieldsKentViolet Howard & Mrs M E QuickNewton AbbotDevon[5]
1936Mrs Merralls & Mrs HallettTunbridge WellsKentMrs Batsford & Mrs ShewanTemple FortuneMiddlesex[6]
1937Louisa King & Mrs E. M. PrivettWaddon ResidentsSurreyViolet Howard & Mrs M E QuickNewton AbbotDevon[7]
1938Violet Howard & Mrs M E QuickNewton AbbotDevonMrs Batsford & Mrs ShewanTemple FortuneMiddlesex[8]
1939Mrs Graham & Madge HaynesRosehillSurreyMrs Thornberry & Mrs CordellNew MiltonHampshire[9]
1940–1945 No competition due to war
1946Mrs C. D. Franklin & Mrs MewMotspur ParkSurreyMrs W. Harris & Mrs J. BarnwellBilton RoadWarwicks[10]
1947Mrs Monkcom & Mrs StoatIlfordEssexMrs F.J. Pearce & Mrs C. ReadLymingtonHampshire[11]
1948Mrs E. Joyes & Mrs D. ColemanSheenSurreyMrs Chamberlain & Mrs ReevesWhite HallEssex[12]
1949Winnie Winslow & Gladys HolmesSalisburyWiltshireMrs Horne & Mrs HoughtonSouthamptonHampshire[13]
1950Mrs F. N. Dickinson & Mrs A. BroughtonSidmouthDevonMrs Crawford & Mrs BellHorden WelfareDurham[14]
1951Mrs C. Gipson & Louisa CoxallSittingbourneKentMrs D. Coleman & Mrs E. JoyesSheenSurrey[15]
1952Olive Tomblin & Mrs M. BannisterRacecourse NorthamptonNorthantsMaude Ford & Ellen Whyte-RickardMoorsdownHants[16]
1953Marjorie Colley & Joan ColleyTorbayDevonElsie Baldwin & Florence SmithAvenue LeamingtonWarwicks[17]
1954Winnie Winslow & Gladys HolmesSalisburyWiltshireElsie Cornish & Mable DamonStrawberry HillMiddlesex[18]
1955Kathleen McDowall & Mrs HallattRedlandGloucsAda Casewell & Annie BeathZetland ParkYorks[19]
1956Mrs R. Evans & Mrs L. JohnsonFolkestone ParkKentMrs F Turner & Miss R MattockNailsworthGloucs[20]
1957Mrs M D Munn & Mrs H R GibsonLoxfordEssexMrs B Herbert & Mrs E ClarkeOadbyLeics[21]
1958Mrs M Goodman & E YouldonTavistock, Sir Francis DrakeDevonMrs A Welshman & R M B RobertsonMuswell HillMiddlesex
1959Dorothy Winterburn & Lena CareswellHornseyMiddlesexMolly Butters & Peggy SpowartCowpen & CroftonNorthumberland[22]
1960Lilian Bufton & Minnie PowellTally HoWarwicksMonica Astle & Doreen ClarkLakesideNotts[23]
1961Jess Freeman & Ethel WilsonKetteringNorthantsMrs C Bloomfield & K HassellScunthorpeLincs
1962Mrs F A Morgan & V C BoyleHastings & St LeonardsSussexMrs V Broome & M NoyesIsland BohemianBerks
1963Mrs L Stewart & K FairbairnBanister ParkHampshireMrs A Turnbull & M WainwrightBeech ParkSurrey[24]
1964Violet Stevens & Mavis SteeleWatlingMiddlesexIvy Kelly & Winnie HollowNewton AbbottDevon[25]
1965Eleanor Routledge & Lily WiseSillothCumberlandWinifred Smith & Daphne LeesePymmMiddlesex
1966Helen O'Donnell & Phyllis DerrickMagdalen ParkSurreyPhyllis Angove & Edith FerryNewquayCornwall[26]
1967Mrs F Lewis & M PickvanceSunHertsAda Watson & Margaret MorrisonWest BridgfordNotts
1968Mrs R. Crutchley & Mrs I. OliverDanson ParkKentMrs H. Welch & Mrs E. BridgewaterZetland ParkYorkshire[27]
1969Mrs D Barclay & F E JarvisNorthdownKentMrs E Knight & M RicePeterboroughNorthants[28]
1970Mrs B Tregonning & Daphne LeeseHornseyMiddlesexMrs E Carter & D LowerHurstpierpointSussex[29]
1971Mary Bartlett & Mavis SteeleWatlingMiddlesexMrs R Hanger & A WrightKettering ServicesNorthants[30]
1972Mrs M Light & L ParkhurstHampshireHelen O'Donnell & Phyllis DerrickMagdalen ParkSurrey[31]
1973Betty Norbury & Ivy BurnsAvenueWarwicksMrs H Garner & T BartonSouth NorwoodSurrey
1974Mrs P Mortimer & Winnie HollowNewton AbbotDevonMrs D Sands & Esther StanberrySpalding CastleLincolnshire
1975Joan Hunt & Betty TaylorAtherleyHampshireAlice Bates & Jean AllcockGoodwoodLeicestershire[32]
1976Margaret Lockwood & Irene MolyneuxOxford City & CountyOxfordshireJean Valls & Chris WessierRaynes ParkSurrey
1977Evelyn Scorer & Ethel RutherfordWhitleyNorthumberlandElsie Clempson & Peggy NashWendoverBucks[33]
1978Anne Pascoe & Gloria ThomasHelstonCornwallWynne Anderson & Joan SparkesCentral ParkEssex[34]
1979Anita Kaye & Alice SteventonTorbayDevonMrs B Hall & G LambEdmontonMiddlesex
1980Mary Burnett & Norma ShawStocktonDurhamDoris Etchells & Margaret AllanCourtfield CarlisleCumbria[35]
1981Sophia Simmons & Iris SmithWatfordHertsMary Pepper & Joan CurtisYattonSomerset
1982Chris Wessier & Jean VallsRaynes ParkSurreyWendy Clarke & Enid FairhallSouthamptonHampshire[36]
1983Chris Wessier & Jean VallsRaynes ParkSurreySally Batchelor & Kathy ColesFalcon ChelmsfordEssex[37]
1984Anne Pascoe & Eileen PerrettPlymouth HoeDevonPam Davies & Joy AdamsonCroydonSurrey[38]
1985Dorothy Lewis & Pip GreenOadbyLeicestershireVera Booth & Maureen TimmsWhitnashWarwickshire[39]
1986Freda Brown & Gladys LyeTownsendHertsMary Brill & Sheila JonesBridportDorset[40]
1987Pamela Hood & Betty AnnisonNorwichNorfolkBetty Johnson & Norma ShawStocktonDurham
1988Margaret Elliott & Mavis WellingtonKingsbridgeDevonSylvia Francis & Mary AtkinsonBroomfieldMiddlesex[41]
1989Betty Johnson & Norma ShawStocktonDurhamHilary Cooke & Jean PindarSpringfield ParkYorkshire
1990Maureen Christmas & Jenny TunbridgeChestertonCambridgeshireMargaret Bonsor & Jean BakerAlfretonDerbyshire[42]
1991Dora Farman & Joan CampbellTonbridgeKentJackie Turner & Brenda AthertonCarlton ConwayNotts[43]
1992Joyce Morgan & June LarterChestertonCambridgeshireAnita de-Meza & Jan SternHarrowMiddlesex[44]
1993June Boosey & Kay HavordHatfieldHertsAnn Dennis & Carol BranchettMilton RegisKent[45]
1994Joan Carpenter & Rhona DarlingPortsmouthHantsMabel Hodge & Jan SternNortholtMiddlesex[46]
1995Norma Beales & Mary PriceBurnhamBucksJenny Moore & Wendy BarnardBrixhamDevon[47]
1996Gail Fitzgerald & Audrey MooreHaynes Park HornchurchEssexSheila Jones & Sue HawkesworthBridportDorset[48]
1997Ann Beale & Carol DuckworthBraintreeEssexDeborah Healey & Sharon RickmanRaynes ParkSurrey[49]
1998Maureen Monkton & Edna BessellYeovilSomersetHelen Tuohy & Pat LaundersShepherd's BushMiddlesex[50]
1999Jean Morris & Jill EdsonParkLincolnshirePam Davis & Joy AdamsonCroydonEssex[51]
2000Pauline Morgan & Sue LagdonMineheadSomersetMary Taylor & Kay KerleyOakleyHampshire[52]
2001Audrey Stephens & Chris GriggBournvillWarwickshireRosemary Spetch & Wendy HardyPoole ParkDorset[53]
2002Linda Smith & Tracy PowellLeominsterHerefordshireBrenda Brown & Liz TunnColchesterEssex[54]
2003Jennie Groves & Jane Baxter-AvisonArnold ParkNottinghamshireKim Smith & Pat McCumiskeyPurley BurySurrey
2004Jean Simmons & Maureen TimsLeamington SpaWarwickshireAnn Parker & Sylvia OfflerForest OaksNottinghamshire[55]
2005Sarah Newsom & Catherine PopplePeterboroughHuntingdonshireWendy King & Sandy HazellMilton RegisKent[56]
2006Val Osmond & Sue LathamArdaghGloucestershireLinda Smith & Tracy PowellLeominsterHerefordshire
2007Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerCity of ElyCambridgeshireJane Baldwin & Michelle BarlowSt IvesHuntingdonshire[57]
2008Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerCity of ElyCambridgeshireRuth Rogers & Natalie MelmoreKings TorquayDevon[58]
2009Lynne Bowen & Jean BakerBlackwellDerbyshireRosemary Addison & Jayne ChristieSt NeotsCambridgeshire[58]
2010Oriole Hocking & Sandra ParkerSillothCumbriaSharon Kitchener & Sally ButcherFelixstowe & SuffolkSuffolk[58]
2011Christine Gowshall & Amy GowshallCleethorpesLincolnshireHannah Overton & Michelle BarlowWhittlesey ManorHuntingdonshire[58]
2012Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerSt NeotsCambridgeshireKatherine Rednall & Margaret InsleyFelixstowe & SuffolkSuffolk[58]
2013Rosemary Corney & Brenda PlumptonAlton SocialHampshireLynne Bowen & Sue DaviesBroadwayWorcestershire[58]
2014Lynda Smith & Tracey PowellLeominsterHerefordshireSophie Tolchard & Natalie MelmoreKings TorquayDevon[58]
2015Donna Knight & Katherine HawesOxford City & CountyOxfordshireLinda Churchman & Cheryl SalisburyLittleportCambridgeshire[58]
2016Sophie Tolchard & Natalie ChestneyKings TorquayDevonCassidy Lenton & Harriett StevensKings TorquayDevon[58]
2017Sue Alexander & Ellen FalknerLittleportCambridgeshireSue Cooke & Alex JacobsBoxWiltshire[59]
2018Suzanne Cotton & Diana JonesKingstonYorkshireHazel Marke & Margaret HoldenAlton SocialHampshire[60]
2019Sheila Plaskitt & Penny StrongDunholmeLincolnshireEmma Cooper & Natalie ChestneyKings TorquayDevon[61]
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[62]
2021Katy Smith & Lucy SmithWestlecotWiltshireMargaret Smith & Sharmishta PatelSuttonSurrey[63]
2022Sophie Tolchard & Harriet StevensKings TorquayDevonTracey Johnson & Joanne RoweBorough of EyeSuffolk[64]
2023Carol Gaskins & Donna GrantOxford City & CountyOxfordshireGill Grantham & Alison SpreadboroughSir Francis DrakeDevon[65]

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