Bowls England National Championships (women's senior pairs)
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The women's senior pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]
The event is for women aged 55 and over on 1 April in the year of competition. Until 1988 it was for over 60s.[2]
Past winners
edit| Year | Champion | County | Runner-up | County | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | W Thatcher & J Lucking | Berks | |||
| 1975 | E Hollick & W Griffiths | Devon | |||
| 1976 | Ruth Towle & Anne Cockayne | Notts | [3] | ||
| 1977 | Peggy King & Elsie Batchelor | Middx | |||
| 1978 | R Murray & N Horner | Northumb | [4] | ||
| 1979 | B Robertson & I Smallbone | Worcs | |||
| 1980 | Olive Bennett & Betty Neillis | Som | [5] | ||
| 1981 | M Hewlett & M Howard | Surrey | |||
| 1982 | Jean Holden & Betty Warters | Hunts | Gladys Cuthbert & Elsie French | Cambs | [6] |
| 1983 | T Drayton & P Soulsby | Surrey | Christine Featherstone & Kathleen Warne | Devon | [7] |
| 1984 | Mabel Simons & Claire Reynolds | Notts | Margaret Harrison & Kath Saill | Glocs | [8] |
| 1985 | J Ward & another | Norfolk | |||
| 1986 | L Maynard & G Berry | Herts | B Bratton & A Marshall | Wilts | |
| 1987 | Eileen Smith & Joan Steven | Sussex | Elfreda Saunders & Doreen Fletcher | Hants | [9] |
| 1988 | Barbara Carey & Peggy Edwards | Glocs | Pauline Bray & Audrey Wright | Northants | [10] |
| 1989 | Audrey Galasinski & Philippa Green | Leics | Lilian Wright & Joan Daniels | Cambs | [11][12] |
| 1990 | Peggy Edwards & Barbara Carey | Glocs | Irene Molyneux & Margaret Ellis | Oxon | [13] |
| 1991 | M Harrison & D Brown | Dorset | S Drage & J Pittam | Northants | [14] |
| 1992 | L Gadd & L Ward | Sussex | H Morley & J Foster | Yorks | |
| 1993 | Joyce Morgan & June Larter | Cambs | E Brough & E Massey | Devon | [15] |
| 1994 | Joyce Chelin & Brenda Keller | Yorks | Lilian Gibbs & Patsy Walker | Middx | |
| 1995 | Pat Oliver & Peggy Roache | Glocs | Rosemary Ludar-Smith | Essex | |
| 1996 | Wendy Anderson & Doris Woodley | Wilts | Win Sowerby & Audrey Reeves | Cumbria | |
| 1997 | Irene Barber & Pat Launders | Middx | Marian Williams & Molly Rackham | Lincs | |
| 1998 | Jean Rees & Mary Collard | Som | Jacqui Cook & Margaret Grosvenor | Warwicks | |
| 1999 | |||||
| 2000 | Cindy Edmundson & Noreen Fleet | Cumbria | Joyce Chelin & Anita Haw | Yorks | |
| 2001 | Nova Edwards & Jill Price | Bucks | Pat Terry & Joyce Harman | Sussex | |
| 2002 | Ruth Bond & Christine Theedom | Devon | Jacqui Cook & Margaret Grosvenor | Warwicks | |
| 2003 | Jenny Moore & Wendy Barnard | Devon | Doreen Hodson Smith & Sue Larkins | Herts | |
| 2004 | Jenny Whitlock & Edna Bessell | Som | Maureen Christmas & Rene Bretherton | Cambs | |
| 2005 | Una Prideaux & Crystal Eathorne | Cornwall | Gill Blackmore & Carolyne Morgan | Oxon | |
| 2006 | Jayne Roylance & Margaret Hannant | Norfolk | Brenda Lines & Pam Hughes | Middx | |
| 2007 | Janet Cropper & Evelyn Franklin | Lancs | Lilian Fletcher & Brenda Atherton | Notts | |
| 2008 | Brenda Thomas & Sue Springell | Bucks | Hazel Bass & Anne Hadley | Hunts | |
| 2009 | Margaret McColl & Pam Margrett | Glocs | Mary Taylor & Kay Kerley | Hants | |
| 2010 | Gwen Xuereb & Geraldine Reeve | Norfolk | Teresa Pearson & Gill Jones | Durham | |
| 2011 | Teresa Pearson & Gill Jones | Durham | Lydia Munn & Carol Morton | Kent | |
| 2012 | Judith Staunton & Joan Walmsley | Somerset | Joyce Jones & Janet Cropper | Lancs | |
| 2013 | Ingar Newman & Norma Beales | Surrey | Karen Tandler & Marian Wheatley | Herefords | |
| 2014 | Yvonne Woodcock & Wendy Davies | Sussex | Carole Robertson & Pamela Armstrong | Bucks | |
| 2015 | Pat Logan & Marjorie Crowe | Worcestershire | Judy Bacon & Beverley Wall | Berks | |
| 2016 | Carol Inserra & Lynn Green | Leicestershire | Linda Challenger & Lindsay Collin | Glocs | |
| 2017 | Lesley Johnson & Margaret Holden | Hampshire | Rita Gerry & Julia Stannard | Glocs | |
| 2018 | Glynis Morgan & Joan Rodgerson | Durham | Lesley Johnson & Margaret Holden | Hants | [16] |
| 2019 | Lorraine Hume & Rachel Mackriell | Sussex | Pat Clarke & Christine Webb | Norfolk | [17] |
| No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | [18] | ||||
| 2021 | Moira Self & Julie Spice | Suffolk | Kirsty Cox & Caroline Cullum | Lincolnshire | [19] |
| 2022 | Lynn Williams & Elaine Amery | Somerset | Patricia Browne & Sheila Storey | Northumberland | [20] |
| 2023 | Linda Churchman & Cheryl Salisbury | Cambs | Margaret Smith & Teresa Orriss | Surrey | [21] |
| 2024 | Val Molton & Lindsay Collin | Glocs | Caroline Campion & Carole Galletly | Oxon | [22] |
References
edit- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Len Somers in national finals". Buckinghamshire Examiner. 13 September 1974. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Holiday bowls win". Nottingham Evening Post. 19 October 1976. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tournament could stay in Torquay". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 30 September 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Holiday for champions". Central Somerset Gazette. 16 October 1980. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Duller is champion". Cambridge Daily News. 23 September 1982. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bitton pair reach final". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 15 September 1983. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowls". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 September 1984. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1989). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 89. Telegraph Publications. pp. 163–165. ISBN 0-330-31093-3.
- ^ "Bowling with Harry Reynolds". Rugby Advertiser. 21 September 1989. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Telegraph Publications. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. p. 149-150. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Jacox by a whisker". Rugby Advertiser. 21 September 1991. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Duo come up trumps". Cambridge Daily News. 11 September 1993. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "2018 Senior Pairs" (PDF). Bowls England.
- ^ "2018 Senior Pairs" (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 8 September 2022.
- ^ "2023 National Championships women's senior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "2024 National Championships women's senior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 24 August 2024.