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]

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