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 inuguration of the equivalent men's event, the Bowls England National Championships (men's champion of champions).

Venues

  • 1989–2023 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)

Sponsors

Past winners

Year Champion Club County Runner-up Club County Ref
1989Brenda BrownColchesterEssexJill PriceBurnham-on-SeaSomerset[2]
1990Gill FitzgeraldKettering LodgeNorthamptonshireMavis SteeleSunbury SportsMiddlesex[3]
1991Kay MartinAtherleyHampshireShirley SullivanWoodleyBerkshire[4]
1992Maureen TimsWhitnashWarwickshireJill PolleyGreat BeddowEssex[5]
1993Margaret ReeveCaer GlowGloucestershireLinda JarmanChestertonCambridgeshire[6]
1994Jean BakerBlackwellDerbyshirePam GardenEghamSurrey[7]
1995Bridget HayLeamington SpaWarwickshireYvonne WallingtonMilton RegisKent[8]
1996Gill FitzgeraldKettering LodgeNorthamptonshireJudy FawcettNaffertonYorkshire
1997Katherine HawesOxford City & CountyOxfordshireFrances HewittBridportDorset[9]
1998Amy GowshallWaltham ParkLincsJoan CrapperBeech HillBedfordshire[10]
1999Amy GowshallWaltham ParkLincsLynne WhiteheadNorfolk BCNorfolk
2000Suzanne GurrFolkestone ParkKentCindy EdmondsonSkeltonCumbria[11]
2001Linda RyanCivil ServiceKentDiana WhittinghamKingswaySussex[12]
2002Jane Baxter-AvisonArnold ParkNottsEllen AlexanderCity of ElyCambridgeshire[13]
2003Amy MonkhouseWaltham ParkLincsKatherine HawesOxford City & CountyOxfordshire
2004Amy MonkhouseWaltham ParkLincsFrances HewettBridportDorset[14]
2005Sue EvansHonitonDevonMarilyn GoznaPortishead RBLSomerset[15]
2006Elaine ScoreUnited ServicesEssexChristine PearsonMoreton-in-MarshGloucestershire[16]
2007Amy MonkhouseWaltham ParkLincsJoyce HadfieldSt AustellCornwall
2008Rebecca SmithClock HouseEssexKatherine HawesOxford City & CountyOxfordshire
2009Amy MonkhouseCleethorpesLincolnshireNatalie MelmoreKings TorquayDevon
2010Katherine HawesOxford City & CountyOxfordshireAmy MonkhouseCleethorpesLincolnshire[17]
2011Lynne BowenBroadwayWorcestershireJo SkeltonStuteDerbyshire
2012Amy GowshallCleethorpesLincolnshireCaroline CampionBanbury CentralOxfordshire
2013Amy GowshallCleethorpesLincolnshireJulie LeakePoole ParkDorset
2014Helen McDermaidWatchetSomersetJean StephensNewmarket AvenueCambridgeshire
2015Donna BrookesBletchley TownBuckinghamshireCarol DixonNew LountLeicestershire
2016Rebecca WigfieldDesborough TownNorthamptonshireElaine ScoreThe SpringhouseEssex
2017Ellen FalknerLittleportCambridgeshireKirsty HembrowTaunton DeaneSomerset
2018Amy GowshallCleethorpesLincolnshireKatherine HawesOxford City & CountyOxfordshire[18]
2019Ellen FalknerLittleportCambridgeshireAmy GowshallCleethorpesLincolnshire[19]
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[20]
2021Ellen Falkner MBELittleportCambridgeshireStef BranfieldClevedonSomerset[21]
2022Julie LeakePoole ParkDorsetSue AllenSwintonYorkshire[22]
2023Annalisa DunhamCarters ParkLincsDonna RockSherborneDorset[23]

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. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "The results service". The Times. 12 August 2002. p. 37. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  14. ↑ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 5 August 2004. p. 41. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  15. ↑ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 6 August 2005. p. 88. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  16. ↑ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 12 August 2006. p. 83. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  17. ↑ "'Hawes on a high'". The Times. 9 September 2010. p. 60. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  18. ↑ "2018 Champion of Champions" (PDF). Bowls England.
  19. ↑ "2019 Champion of Champions" (PDF). Bowls England.
  20. ↑ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  21. ↑ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  22. ↑ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  23. ↑ "2023 National Championships Women's cofc". Bowls England. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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