Bowls England National Championships (women's singles four wood)
Appearance
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English National Bowls Championships | ||
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Men elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Women elite | singles | singles 2w |
singlesCC | pairs | |
triples | fours | |
Men junior | singles | pairs |
Women junior | singles | pairs |
Men senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Women senior | singles | pairs |
fours | ||
Men team | Middleton | Balcomb |
WhiteRose | TopClub | |
2Fours | ||
Women team | Johns | Walker |
AmyRose | TopClub | |
Mixed | Pairs | Fours |
The women's singles four wood is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1][2]
The four-wood singles is the traditional variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.
Venues
[edit]- 1932–1933 (Blackheath & Greenwich Club)
- 1934–1934 (Balham Constitutional Bowls Club)
- 1935–1936 (Pitshanger Park, Ealing)
- 1937–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
- 1975–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)
Sponsors
[edit]- 1981–1985 (Lombard)
- 1986–1993 (Liverpool Victoria)
- 1994–1996 (Double Century Sherry)
- 2000, 2002–2004 (National Express)
- 2001–2001 (Steradent)
- 2023–2024 (Aviva)
Past winners
[edit]Year | Champion | Club | County | Runner-up | Club | County | Ref |
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1932 | Ethel Tigg | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Hope | Maidenhead | Berkshire | [3] |
1933 | Louisa King | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Harris | Torquay | Devon | [4] |
1934 | Mrs S. Holman | Waddon Residents | Surrey | Mrs Harris | Blackheath | Kent | [5] |
1935 | Mrs McDanall | Torbay County | Devon | Mrs Harris | Blackheath | Kent | [6] |
1936 | Lily Parnell | Clarence Park | Somerset | Josephine Culling | Brightlingsea | Essex | [7] |
1937 | Mrs Batsford | Temple Fortune | Middlesex | Mrs E. Sayer | Oxted | Surrey | [8] |
1938 | Josephine Culling | Brightlingsea | Essex | Mrs C L Veasey | Dulwich | Surrey | [9] |
1939 | Violet Howard | Newton Abbot | Devon | Mrs Worth | Victoria | Leicestershire | [10] |
1940–1944 No competition due to war | |||||||
1946 | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | Miss Crawford | Bournemouth | Hampshire | [11] |
1947 | Clara Johns | Hastings | Sussex | Mrs B. Simister | Southgate | Middlesex | [12] |
1948 | Violet Woodhead (née Howard) | Paignton | Devon | Mrs Harding | Eastbourne | Sussex | [13] |
1949 | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | Mrs Oliver | New Lampton | Durham | [14] |
1950 | Ena Buckland | South Norwood | Surrey | Mrs L. E. Harris | Durham City | Durham | [15] |
1951 | Bessie Burden | Ashford | Kent | May Colquhoun | Lammas | Middlesex | [16] |
1952 | Marjorie Colley | Torbay Country | Devon | Evelyn Courtenay | Yeovil | Somerset | [17] |
1953 | Ivy May Lavender | Hastings & St. Leonards | Sussex | Edith May Hook | Stroud | Gloucestershire | [18] |
1954 | Dorothy Franklin | Sheen | Surrey | Gladys Hillier | Bogonor Regis | Sussex | [19] |
1955 | Annie Beath | Zetland Park, Redcar | Yorkshire | Mrs D. C. Coleman | Sheen | Surrey | [20] |
1956 | Nancie Whalley | Frome Selwood | Somerset | May Colquhoun | Lammas | Middlesex | [21] |
1957 | Florrie Wilson | Hastings & St. Leonards | Sussex | Clara McNaughton | Whitely & Monkseaton | Northumberland | [22] |
1958 | Nancie Whalley | Frome Selwood | Somerset | Mavis Steele | Harrow | Middlesex | [23] |
1959 | Joyce Lucking | Windsor Castle | Berkshire | Annie Beath | Zetland Park, Redcar | Yorkshire | [24] |
1960 | Louisa Coxall | Milton Regis | Kent | Helen Jolliffe | Harrogate | Yorkshire | [25] |
1961 | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Edith Ferry | Stratton Church Ways | Wiltshire | [26] |
1962 | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Minnie Powell | Tally Ho | Warwickshire | [27] |
1963 | Frances Carvell | Gunnersbury | Middlesex | Mary Linfield | Maltravers | Sussex | [28] |
1964 | Daisy Dowling | West Streatham | Surrey | Joyce Lucking | Royal Household | Berkshire | [29] |
1965 | Janet Auld | Silksworth | Durham | Eleanor Routledge | Silloth | Cumberland | [30] |
1966 | Dora Hills | Morpeth | Northumberland | Ena Buckland | South Norwood | Surrey | [31] |
1967 | Dorothy Payne | Greenhill | Dorset | Eva Harris | Rugby Town | Warwickshire | [32] |
1968 | Lilian Bufton | Tally Ho | Warwickshire | Dorothy Tayler | Newquay | Cornwall | [33] |
1969 | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | Mollie Ward | Sparrows Nest | Suffolk | [34] |
1970 | Nancie Colling (née Whalley) | Frome Selwood | Somerset | Mavis Steele | Watling | Middlesex | [35] |
1971 | Christine Frost | Phear Park | Devon | Daphne Leese | Hornsey | Middlesex | [36] |
1972 | Mollie Ward | Sparrows Nest | Suffolk | Mrs A Russell | Luton Co-op | Bedfordshire | [37] |
1973 | Eileen King | Poole Park | Dorset | Anne Shipton | Broadstone | Dorset | [38] |
1974 | Vera Peck | Eye | Suffolk | Joan Sparkes | Central Park | Essex | [39] |
1975 | Ivy Lawson | Spennymoor | Durham | Margo Attwood | Street | Somerset | [40] |
1976 | Jeannie Croot | Canford | Gloucestershire | Pamela Allison | Oxford City | Oxfordshire | [41] |
1977 | Betty Stubbings | Pickering | Yorkshire | Norma Shaw | Ropner Park | Durham | [42] |
1978 | Eileen Logan | Bounds Green | Middlesex | Brenda Atherton | Plessey | Nottinghamshire | [43] |
1979 | Lorraine Hawes | Bracknell | Berkshire | Margaret Fawkes | Bogonor Regis | Sussex | [44] |
1980 | Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey | Joan Haynes | Peterborough | Huntingdonshire | [45] |
1981 | Margaret Madden | Wilton Recar | Yorkshire | Christine Rumball | Watford | Hertfordshire | [46] |
1982 | Wendy Clarke | Southampton | Hampshire | Phoebe Spence | Middlesbrough | Yorkshire | [47] |
1983 | Jean Valls | Raynes Park | Surrey | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | [48] |
1984 | Olive Henery | Swindon | Wiltshire | Madeline Gooding | Exmouth | Devon | [49] |
1985 | Ena Clarke | Countesthorpe | Leicestershire | Wendy Line | Southampton | Hampshire | [50] |
1986 | Betty Maisey | Barking | Essex | Jayne Roylance | North Walsham | Norfolk | [51] |
1987 | Norma May | Camborne | Cornwall | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | [52] |
1988 | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | Wendy Barnard | Brixham | Devon | [53] |
1989 | Jean Baker | Alfreton | Derbyshire | Wendy Line | Southampton | Hampshire | [54] |
1990 | Barbara Till | Milton Park | Hampshire | Joan Howlett | West Bridgford | Nottinghamshire | [55] |
1991 | Jean Evans | Perkins | Huntingdonshire | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | [56] |
1992 | Wendy Line | Southampton | Hampshire | Liz Shorter | County Arts | Norfolk | [57] |
1993 | Dorothy Prior | Hewell Redditch | Worcestershire | Carole Lloyd | Milton Park | Hampshire | [58] |
1994 | Ingrid Betke | Thaxted | Essex | Pat Kirk | Wealdstone | Middlesex | [59] |
1995 | Janet Newman | St Austell | Cornwall | Vi Wade | Kingsthorpe | Northamptonshire | [60] |
1996 | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City | Oxfordshire | [61] |
1997 | Mary Price | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | Jean Baker | Blackwell | Derbyshire | [62] |
1998 | Norma Shaw | Norton-on-Tees | Durham | Gill Mitchell | Kettering Lodge | Northamptonshire | [63] |
1999 | Joyce Hadfield | Newquay | Cornwall | Jayne Smith | Henlow Park | Bedfordshire | [64] |
2000 | Ann Anderson | Woodland Darlington | County Durham | Janet Green | West Moors | Dorset | [65] |
2001 | Sue Harriott | Exmouth Madeira | Devon | Pat Kirk | Wealdstone | Middx | [66] |
2002 | Helen Wall | South Derbyshire | Derbyshire | Jayne Christie | Henlow Park | Bedfordshire | [67] |
2003 | Shirley Page | Baldock | Hertfordshire | Wendy King | Milton Regis | Kent | [68] |
2004 | Amy Monkhouse | Waltham Park | Lincolnshire | Norma Beales | Burnham | Buckinghamshire | [69] |
2005 | Julie Saunders | Richmond Park | Hampshire | Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcestershire | [70] |
2006 | Barbara Adams | Market Bosworth | Leicestershire | Barbara Bellamy | Newton Abbot | Devon | [71] |
2007 | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | Ellen Falkner | City of Ely | Cambridgeshire | [72] |
2008 | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | Margaret Watts | Desborough | Northamptonshire | [72] |
2009 | Jayne Croxall | Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | Sally Butcher | Borough of Eve | Suffolk | [72] |
2010 | Natalie Melmore | Kings | Devon | Jackie Gibson | Thetford Staniforth | Norfolk | [72] |
2011 | Ellen Falkner | St. Neots | Cambridgeshire | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | [72] |
2012 | Amy Truran | Homefield Park | Sussex | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | [72] |
2013 | Amy Truran | Homefield Park | Sussex | Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcestershire | [72] |
2014 | Natalie Melmore | Kings | Devon | Sue Evans | Honiton | Devon | [72] |
2015 | Sophie Tolchard | Kings | Devon | Gemma Barnett | Cheam | Surrey | [72] |
2016 | Donna Knight | Oxford City | Oxfordshire | Rachel Mackriell | Eastbourne | Sussex | [72] |
2017 | Kirsty Richards | Kings Heath | Warks | Natalie Chestney | Kings | Devon | [73] |
2018 | Sophie Tolchard | Kings | Devon | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincs | [74] |
2019 | Jamie-Lea Winch | Kingscroft | Leics | Teresa Parnell | Stockton | Durham | [75] |
No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | [76] | ||||||
2021 | Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Somerset | Chris Mitchell | Purton | Wiltshire | [72] |
2022 | Rebecca Moorbey | Parkway | Hunts | Elaine Score | Springhouse | Essex | [77] |
2023 | Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Somerset | Jayne Christie | Potton | Bedfordshire | [78] |
2024 | Izzie White | Chester Road | Worcs | Anne Bernard | Ryde Marina | IOW | [79] |
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