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Bowls England National Championships (women's senior pairs)

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  2. ^ "Len Somers in national finals". Buckinghamshire Examiner. 13 September 1974. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Holiday bowls win". Nottingham Evening Post. 19 October 1976. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Tournament could stay in Torquay". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 30 September 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Holiday for champions". Central Somerset Gazette. 16 October 1980. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Duller is champion". Cambridge Daily News. 23 September 1982. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Bitton pair reach final". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 15 September 1983. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Bowls". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 17 September 1984. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  10. ^ Newby, Donald (1989). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 89. Telegraph Publications. pp. 163–165. ISBN 0-330-31093-3.
  11. ^ "Bowling with Harry Reynolds". Rugby Advertiser. 21 September 1989. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 90. Telegraph Publications. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-330-31364-9.
  13. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. p. 149-150. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  14. ^ "Jacox by a whisker". Rugby Advertiser. 21 September 1991. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Duo come up trumps". Cambridge Daily News. 11 September 1993. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "2018 Senior Pairs" (PDF). Bowls England.
  17. ^ "2018 Senior Pairs" (PDF). Bowls England.
  18. ^ "Plans for 2020 in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak". Bowls England.
  19. ^ "Daily Round Up". Bowls England. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  20. ^ "2022 National Championships". Bowls England. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  21. ^ "2023 National Championships women's senior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  22. ^ "2024 National Championships women's senior pairs". Bowls England. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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