Bowls England National Championships (women's singles two 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 two wood is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]
The two-wood singles is a newer variation of the game; see Glossary of bowls terms.
Venues
[edit]- 1939–1974 (Wimbledon Park)
- 1975–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)
Sponsors
[edit]- 1981–1985 (Lombard)
- 1986–1993 (Liverpool Victoria)
- 1994–1996 (Double Century Sherry)
- 2000–2001 (Steradent)
- 2002–2004 (National Express)
- 2023–2024 (Aviva)
Past winners
[edit]Year | Champion | Club | County | Runner-up | Club | County | Ref |
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1939 | Lily Parnell | Clarence Park | Somerset | Mrs Yerbury | Bloomfield Bath | Somerset | [2] |
1940–1944 No competition due to war | |||||||
1946 | Sarah Osey | Oxford City | Berks & Bucks | Mrs Gadbury | Ardagh, Bristol | Gloucs | [3] |
1947 | Louisa Coxall | Sittingbourne | Kent | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | [4] |
1948 | Frances Carvell | Gunnersbury | Middlesex | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | [5] |
1949 | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | Doris Rigby | Belgrave | Leices | [6] |
1950 | Mrs F. N. Dickinson | Sidmouth | Devon | Rosetta Capstick | Gunnersbury | Middlesex | [7] |
1951 | Florence Wright | Horden | Durham | Helen Clayton | Horsham | Sussex | [8] |
1952 | Evelyn Courtenay | Yeovil | Somerset | Mrs C. Carr | Western Park | Leics | [5] |
1953 | Winnifred Griffiths | Plymouth Hoe | Devon | Maud Chillman | Hampden Park | Sussex | [5] |
1954 | Mrs H. Taylor | Loxford | Essex | Eveline Wheeler | Richmond Park Bournemouth | Hants | [9] |
1955 | Audrey Frances Thomas | Ilford | Essex | Mrs E K Simpson | Southgate | Middlesex | [10] |
1956 | Minna Chamberlain Rubery | Victoria | Essex | Eleanor Cordy Allen | Ipswich | Suffolk | [11] |
1957 | Doreen Clark | Ericsson's | Notts | Gwen Webber | Barnstaple | Devon | [12] |
1958 | Annie Beath | Zetland Park, Redcar | Yorkshire | Mrs S. Bulmer | Bowburn | Durham | [13] |
1959 | Lena Careswell | Hornsey | Middlesex | Violet Rawlings | Gidea Park | Essex | [14] |
1960 | Gwen Webber | Ashleigh Road | Devon | Mavis Cripps | Dovercourt | Essex | [15] |
1961 | Mabel Darlington | Nuneaton | Warwicks | Joyce Lucking | Windsor Castle | Berks | [16] |
1962 | Mrs M. Smith | Ilford | Essex | Winnie Winslow | Salisbury | Wilts | [5] |
1963 | Mrs L. Cudmore | Fleming Park | Hants | Mrs I. Parham | Shell | Essex | [5] |
1964 | Ena Buckland | South Norwood | Surrey | Mrs A. Smith | Kettering | Northants | [17] |
1965 | Nancie Evans | Frome Selwood | Somerset | Mrs E. Knight | Lakeside | Notts | [18] |
1966 | Mrs M Harrison | Wolvey | Warwicks | Mrs V L Turner | Hook & Southborough | Surrey | [19] |
1967 | Ivy Burns | Avenue Leamington | Warwicks | Mrs E Stevens | Misbourne | Bucks | [20] |
1968 | Edna Britton | Vernon Park | Notts | Iris Smith | Watford | Herts | [21] |
1969 | Joan Hunt | Atherley | Hants | Doreen Clark | Lakeside | Notts | [5] |
1970 | Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey | Mrs M Allan | Courtfield Carlisle | Cumberland | |
1971 | Mrs N Galloway | Owton Lodge | Durham | Mrs D Smith | Devizes | Wilts | |
1972 | Brenda Atherton | Plessey | Notts | Mrs B. Forton | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | [22] |
1973 | Mrs W Stevenson | Auriol Park | Surrey | Ruth Butterworth | YPI Hull | Yorkshire | [23] |
1974 | Lana Maynard | Hatfield | Herts | Mrs J. A. Laws | Whitley & Monkseaton | Northumberland | [24] |
1975 | Joan Hunt | Atherley | Hampshire | Anne Shipton | Broadstone | Dorset | [25] |
1976 | Eileen King | Poole Park | Dorset | Norah Greenwood | Sileby | Northumberland | [26] |
1977 | Winifred Hall | Culver | Middlesex | Anne Shipton | Broadstone | Dorset | [27] |
1978 | Norma Shaw | Ropner Park | Durham | Eileen Fletcher | Poole Park | Dorset | [5] |
1979 | Irene Molyneux | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Phyllis Derrick | Magdalen Park | Surrey | [28] |
1980 | Betty Newborn | Belgrave | Leics | Margaret Lockwood | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | [29] |
1981 | Eveline Gascoigne | Silver Band | Notts | Verinia Lewis | Bodmin | Cornwall | [30] |
1982 | Kath Steer | King's Heath | Warwicks | Win Scales | Herne Bay | Kent | [31] |
1983 | Norma Shaw | Ropner Park | Durham | Joan Plackett | Worthing | Sussex | [32] |
1984 | Val Vintiner | Lammas | Middlesex | Eileen Bird | Sherwood | Notts | [33] |
1985 | Joan Bryant | Brockenhurst | Hants | Margaret Wilson | Bembridge | Isle of Wight | [34] |
1986 | Norma Shaw | Ropner Park | Durham | Mary Saunders | Eye | Suffolk | [35] |
1987 | Sue Franklin | Woolpack Wisbech | Norfolk | Jean Frame | West Bridgford | Notts | [36] |
1988 | Jayne Roylance | North Walsham | Norfolk | Gwen Daniels | Penryn | Cornwall | [37] |
1989 | Catherine Anton | Peterborough | Hunts | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | [38] |
1990 | Gill Fitzgerald | Kettering Lodge | Northants | Beryl Noble | Luton Town | Beds | [39] |
1991 | Wendy Line | Southampton | Hants | Jean Baker | Alfreton | Derbyshire | [40] |
1992 | Margaret Dyer | Clevedon Promenade | Somerset | Jean Cleft | Durham City | Durham | [41] |
1993 | Val Chatfield | Woolwich & Plumstead | Kent | Kathie Scott | Crawley | Sussex | [42] |
1994 | Brenda Whitehead | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | Gill Fitzgerald | Kettering Lodge | Northants | [43] |
1995 | Liz Shorter | County Arts | Norfolk | Sharon Rickman | Raynes Park | Surrey | [44] |
1996 | Margaret Ashford | Beccles | Suffolk | Catherine Anton | Peterborough | Hunts | [45] |
1997 | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Ann Parker | Carlton Conway | Notts | [46] |
1998 | Maureen Christmas | Chesterton | Cambs | Cindy Edmonson | Skelton Penrith | Cumbria | [47] |
1999 | Elizabeth Messer | Southbourne | Hants | Lynne Whitehead | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | [48] |
2000 | Maureen Timms | Whitnash | Warwicks | Janet Green | West Moors | Dorset | [49] |
2001 | Brenda Atherton | Carlton Conway | Notts | Kath Baxter | Wigton | Cumbria | [50] |
2002 | Janet Hardie | Westinghouse | Wiltshire | Heather Stapleford | Oakham | Leics | [5] |
2003 | Ann Dennis | Milton Regis | Kent | Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcs | [5] |
2004 | Shirley Page | Baldock | Herts | Janet Cropper | Bolton | Lancs | [5] |
2005 | Amy Monkhouse | Waltham Park | Lincolnshire | Theresa Parnell | Stockton | Durham | [5] |
2006 | Wendy King | Milton Regis | Hampshire | Joan Garner | Erdington Court | Warwickshire | [5] |
2007 | Jean Baker | Blackwell | Derbyshire | Amy Stanton | Wellington | Somerset | [5] |
2008 | Edna Bessell | Yeovil | Somerset | Doreen Hankin | Egham | Surrey | [5] |
2009 | Wendy King | Milton Regis | Hampshire | Joan Walmsley | Bath | Somerset | [5] |
2010 | Sue Davies | Broadway | Worcestershire | Shirley Page | Baldock | Hertfordshire | [5] |
2011 | Ellen Falkner | St Neots | Cambridgeshire | Muriel Scott | North Tawton | Devon | [5] |
2012 | Pat Bourne | Purley Bury | Surrey | Sue Dadson | Southbourne | Hampshire | [5] |
2013 | Rebecca Wigfield | Desborough | Northamptonshire | Brenda Whitehead | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | [5] |
2014 | Rebecca Field | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | Kate Herbison | Congresbury | Somerset | [5] |
2015 | Margaret Smith | Sutton | Surrey | Jessica Eley | Bushey | Hertfordshire | [5] |
2016 | Joan Welch | Riverain | Herts | Gillian Lamprey | Lowestoft Railway | Suffolk | [5] |
2017 | Jamie-Lea Winch | Kingscroft | Leicestershire | Sophie Tolchard | Kings | Devon | [51] |
2018 | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | Rebecca Field | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | [52] |
2019 | Sophie Tolchard | Kings | Devon | Donna Rock | Gillingham | Dorset | [53] |
2020 No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic | [54] | ||||||
2021 | Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Somerset | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City | Oxfordshire | [55] |
2022 | Rhianna Russell | Welwyn & District | Hertfordshire | Jennifer Southby | Barstead & Thurnham | Kent | [56] |
2023 | Laura Holden | Clevedon | Som | Shannon Maughan | Bletchley Town | Bucks | [57] |
2024 | Laura Holden | Clevedon | Som | Lorraine Kuhler | Oxford City & County | Oxon | [58] |
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