The women's champion of champions is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]
History
editThe event started in 1989, five years after the inauguration of the equivalent men's event, the Bowls England National Championships (men's champion of champions).
Venues
edit- 1989–2024 (Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa)
Sponsors
edit- 1991–1994 (Henselite)
- 2000 (National Express)
- 2005 (Thomas Cook)
- 2023–2024 (Aviva)
Past winners
editYear | Champion | Club | County | Runner-up | Club | County | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | Brenda Brown | Colchester | Essex | Jill Price | Burnham-on-Sea | Somerset | [2] |
1990 | Gill Fitzgerald | Kettering Lodge | Northamptonshire | Mavis Steele | Sunbury Sports | Middlesex | [3] |
1991 | Kay Martin | Atherley | Hampshire | Shirley Sullivan | Woodley | Berkshire | [4] |
1992 | Maureen Tims | Whitnash | Warwickshire | Jill Polley | Great Beddow | Essex | [5] |
1993 | Margaret Reeve | Caer Glow | Gloucestershire | Linda Jarman | Chesterton | Cambridgeshire | [6] |
1994 | Jean Baker | Blackwell | Derbyshire | Pam Garden | Egham | Surrey | [7] |
1995 | Bridget Hay | Leamington Spa | Warwickshire | Yvonne Wallington | Milton Regis | Kent | [8] |
1996 | Gill Fitzgerald | Kettering Lodge | Northamptonshire | Judy Fawcett | Nafferton | Yorkshire | |
1997 | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Frances Hewitt | Bridport | Dorset | [9] |
1998 | Amy Gowshall | Waltham Park | Lincs | Joan Crapper | Beech Hill | Bedfordshire | [10] |
1999 | Amy Gowshall | Waltham Park | Lincs | Lynne Whitehead | Norfolk BC | Norfolk | |
2000 | Suzanne Gurr | Folkestone Park | Kent | Cindy Edmondson | Skelton | Cumbria | [11][12] |
2001 | Linda Ryan | Civil Service | Kent | Diana Whittingham | Kingsway | Sussex | [13] |
2002 | Jane Baxter-Avison | Arnold Park | Notts | Ellen Alexander | City of Ely | Cambridgeshire | [14] |
2003 | Amy Monkhouse | Waltham Park | Lincs | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | |
2004 | Amy Monkhouse | Waltham Park | Lincs | Frances Hewett | Bridport | Dorset | [15] |
2005 | Sue Evans | Honiton | Devon | Marilyn Gozna | Portishead RBL | Somerset | [16] |
2006 | Elaine Score | United Services | Essex | Christine Pearson | Moreton-in-Marsh | Gloucestershire | [17] |
2007 | Amy Monkhouse | Waltham Park | Lincs | Joyce Hadfield | St Austell | Cornwall | |
2008 | Rebecca Smith | Clock House | Essex | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | |
2009 | Amy Monkhouse | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | Natalie Melmore | Kings Torquay | Devon | |
2010 | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | Amy Monkhouse | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | [18] |
2011 | Lynne Bowen | Broadway | Worcestershire | Jo Skelton | Stute | Derbyshire | |
2012 | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | Caroline Campion | Banbury Central | Oxfordshire | |
2013 | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | Julie Leake | Poole Park | Dorset | |
2014 | Helen McDermaid | Watchet | Somerset | Jean Stephens | Newmarket Avenue | Cambridgeshire | |
2015 | Donna Brookes | Bletchley Town | Buckinghamshire | Carol Dixon | New Lount | Leicestershire | |
2016 | Rebecca Wigfield | Desborough Town | Northamptonshire | Elaine Score | The Springhouse | Essex | |
2017 | Ellen Falkner | Littleport | Cambridgeshire | Kirsty Hembrow | Taunton Deane | Somerset | |
2018 | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | Katherine Hawes | Oxford City & County | Oxfordshire | [19] |
2019 | Ellen Falkner | Littleport | Cambridgeshire | Amy Gowshall | Cleethorpes | Lincolnshire | [20] |
2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [21] | ||||||
2021 | Ellen Falkner MBE | Littleport | Cambridgeshire | Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Somerset | [22] |
2022 | Julie Leake | Poole Park | Dorset | Sue Allen | Swinton | Yorkshire | [23] |
2023 | Annalisa Dunham | Carters Park | Lincs | Donna Rock | Sherborne | Dorset | [24] |
2024 | Stef Branfield | Clevedon | Som | Sue Allen | Swinton | Yorks | [25] |
References
edit- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "'Shaw claims her seventh national title' (1989)". The Times. 7 August 1989. p. 29. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Jones, D.R. (1990) 'Fitzgerald excels once more'". The Times. 9 August 1990. p. 33. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Bowls". Birmingham Mail. 5 August 1991. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results at a glance". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 3 August 1992. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "'For the Record'". The Times. 2 August 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Bowls". Liverpool Daily Post. 1 August 1994. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bridget chats her way to title". Western Daily Press. 7 August 1995. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "For the Record". The Times. 11 August 1997. p. 36. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'Gowshall powers to title' (1998)". The Times. 10 August 1998. p. 24. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'For the record'". The Times. 14 August 2000. p. 34. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Gurr in great form". Aberdeen Evening Express. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The results service". The Times. 12 August 2002. p. 37. Retrieved 21 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 5 August 2004. p. 41. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 6 August 2005. p. 88. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'The Results Service'". The Times. 12 August 2006. p. 83. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'Hawes on a high'". The Times. 9 September 2010. p. 60. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "2018 Champion of Champions" (PDF). Bowls England.
- ^ "2019 Champion of Champions" (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 Women's cofc". Bowls England. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "2024 National Championships women's cofc". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2024.